Festivals · Kansai
Wakakusa Yamayaki
若草山焼き
The dry grass of Mt Wakakusa above Nara Park is burned in a single line of fire, preceded by fireworks.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sat 23 Jan 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Mt Wakakusa, Nara Park
- City
- Nara
- Prefecture
- Nara
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Nara Prefecture's official event page gives the 2027 date as Saturday 23 January, the fourth Saturday of January. Fireworks are fired from 18:15 and the mountainside is set alight at 18:30, a rite that draws crowds across Nara Park; there is no postponement date in poor weather.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://www3.pref.nara.jp/yamayaki/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.