Hiking trails · Nara

Mount Wakakusa via the Kasugayama Promenade

若草山（春日山遊歩道往復）

Distance

6.2 km

Hiking time

2 h 29 min

Ascent

261 m

Descent

262 m

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Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.

This out-and-back walk follows the Kasugayama Promenade from its northern Nara Park entrance through the Kasuga Primeval Forest to the summit of Mount Wakakusa. Ancient cedar and maple woodland gives way to open grassland, where deer roam beside panoramic views over Nara and the Yamato Basin.

Mt. Wakakusayama summit weather (342 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:18, sunset 17:02

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Mount Wakakusa via the Kasugayama Promenade facts

Start

Kasuga-taisha Honden

End

Kasuga-taisha Honden

Access · Start

Kasuga-taisha Honden (Bus stop), Kasuga Taisha Honden (Bus station) (parking)