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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2026, with burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2026, with burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2026, with burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025, with burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025, with burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025, with burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2024, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2024, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

NARA, Japan, Jan. 26 Kyodo - A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2020, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Wakakusa Yamayaki in Nara

NARA, Japan - The grass of the hillside of Mt. Wakakusa in the city of Nara is burning during an annual festival on Jan. 25, 2014, as fireworks preceded it. The Wakakusa Yamayaki festival is held on the fourth Saturday in January every year and has been taking place for hundreds of years. At front is the five-story pagoda of Kofukuji, a Buddhist temple. Photo was taken by multiple-exposure from 6:18 p.m. to 7:05 p.m.

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Wakakusa mountain-burning festival in Nara

NARA, Japan - Grass burns on the hillside of Mt. Wakakusa in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara during the annual Wakakusa Yamayaki festival on Jan. 25, 2014, as fireworks adorn the night sky. At front is the Suzakumon gate at the Heijo Palace site, a World Heritage site.

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Wakakusa Yamayaki in Nara

NARA, Japan - The grass of the hillside of Mt. Wakakusa in the city of Nara is burning during an annual festival on Jan. 25, 2014, as fireworks preceded it. The Wakakusa Yamayaki festival is held on the fourth Saturday in January every year and has been taking place for hundreds of years. At front is the five-story pagoda of Kofukuji, a Buddhist temple. Photo was taken by multiple-exposure from 6:18 p.m. to 7:05 p.m.

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Wakakusa mount-burning event in Nara

NARA, Japan - Local fire volunteers set fire to the hillside of Mt. Wakakusa in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara during an annual festival on Jan. 25, 2014. The Wakakusa Yamayaki festival, held on the fourth Saturday in January, is a traditional event.

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Field burning

NARA, Japan - Photo multiply-exposed from 6:19 p.m. to 7:14 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, shows field burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks as part of an annual early spring festival in the city of Nara. Seen in front R is the reconstructed Suzakumon gate of the ancient Heijo Palace.

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Field burning

NARA, Japan - Photo multiply-exposed from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, shows field burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks as part of an annual early spring festival in the city of Nara. Seen in front R is Kofukuji temple's five-story pagoda.

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Field burning

NARA, Japan - Photo multiply-exposed from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, shows field burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks as part of an annual early spring festival in the city of Nara. Seen in front R is Kofukuji temple's five-story pagoda.

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Japanese baby girl in U.S. for heart transplant

Yoshiharu Endo (R) and her wife Yuka (L) speak to reporters in Los Angeles on Wednesday Oct. 14 while waiting for their one-year-old daughter Riho to undergo a heart transplant operation at the UCLA Medical Center. Riho, of Wakakusa, Yamanashi Prefecture, suffers from a form of myocardiopathy, a disease that effects the muscular tissue of the heart wall.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2022, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2022, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2022, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky.

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Winter grass burning on Mt. Wakakusa, in Nara.

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Wakakusayama Yaki festival in Nara

The annual Wakakusayama Yaki (Burning Mt. Wakakusa) festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2015. Kofukuji Temple's five-story pagoda (foreground) is seen against the fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wakakusayama Yaki festival in Nara

The annual Wakakusayama Yaki (Burning Mt. Wakakusa) festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2015. The Suzaku Gate of Nara Palace Site is seen at the right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wakakusa Yamayaki in Nara

Grass is burned on the hillside of Mt. Wakakusa in the city of Nara during an annual festival on Jan. 24, 2015, as fireworks preceded it. The festival is held on the fourth Saturday in January and has been taking place for hundreds of years. At front is the five-story pagoda of Kofukuji, a Buddhist temple. Photo was taken by multiple exposure from 6:19 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 20209, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagami-ike (Mirror Pond), Todaiji Temple

This is Kagami-ike (Mirror Pond) located at the southeast of Chumon Gate of Todaiji Temple. Since Mt. Wakakusa is visible afar, this is the view from the Nanboku (lit. South-North) approach to the temple when facing southeast. The stairs at west of Nakashima Island and a torii gate are present. People originally entered from the west, however, at present the entrance is from the back east side.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐3‐0]

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2020, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animals' lives during coronavirus crisis

A deer is pictured at dusk near the top of Mt. Wakakusa in Nara, western Japan, on April 24, 2020. The number of visitors there has fallen sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 25, 2020, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2019, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. The Suzaku Gate of the Heijo Palace site is seen on the right. (Multiple exposure photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2019, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. The Suzaku Gate of the Heijo Palace site is seen on the right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2019, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. The five-storied pagoda of the Kohfukuji, a Buddhist temple, is seen on the bottom. (Multiple exposure photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2019, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. The five-storied pagoda of the Kohfukuji, a Buddhist temple, is seen on the bottom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2019, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. The five-storied pagoda of the Kohfukuji, a Buddhist temple, is seen on the bottom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

Burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks light up the sky in this photo conflating 12 shots during a traditional winter festival held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2018. The Suzaku Gate of the Heijo Palace site is seen on the bottom right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

Burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks light up the sky in this photo conflating 16 shots during a traditional winter festival held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2018. The five-storied pagoda of the Kohfukuji, a Buddhist temple, is seen on the bottom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

Burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks light up the sky in this photo conflating 12 shots during a traditional winter festival held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2018. The five-storied pagoda of the Kohfukuji, a Buddhist temple, is seen on the bottom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional winter festival in Nara

A traditional winter festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 27, 2018, with burning Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks lighting up the sky. The Suzaku Gate of the Heijo Palace site is seen on the right. (Multiple exposure photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese baby girl in U.S. for heart transplant

Yoshiharu Endo (R) and her wife Yuka (L) speak to reporters in Los Angeles on Wednesday Oct. 14 while waiting for their one-year-old daughter Riho to undergo a heart transplant operation at the UCLA Medical Center. Riho, of Wakakusa, Yamanashi Prefecture, suffers from a form of myocardiopathy, a disease that effects the muscular tissue of the heart wall.