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Mountain-burning event in Japan

Grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2024. Setting fires on the karst plateau is a traditional practice to preserve the landscape and ecology and is said to herald the arrival of spring.

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Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2024. Setting fires on the karst plateau is a traditional practice to preserve the landscape and ecology and is said to herald the arrival of spring.

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Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2024. Setting fires on the karst plateau is a traditional practice to preserve the landscape and ecology and is said to herald the arrival of spring.

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Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2023.

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Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2023.

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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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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