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Climbing Mount Fuji is such a popular sport in Japan that the season has a formal opening and closing. It begins on July 1 and ends with a fire festival in the city of Fujiyoshida on or near the evening of August 26. Huge torches more than 10 feet high are set up along the streets, and families pile up firewood in front of their houses. At about 5 p.m., two portable shrines are brought down from the mountain and carried through the main street of Fujiyoshida. About an hour later, all the torches and family bonfires are lit simultaneously, and the flames continue long past midnight. Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary