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Japan's largest light festival features an enormous reconstruction of Mount Fuji

Video. 'Only in Japan can you see this!' Nabana no Sato's winter world lights

Updated: 13/01/2026 - 8:15 GMT+1

Thousands of people are visiting Japan’s largest light festival known as Nabana no Sato. Taking place some four hours from the capital Tokyo, one of the biggest attractions is a 35-metre-high reconstruction of Mount Fuji.

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