What other travelers are saying about Wakakusa Yamayaki
Crazy hike for the Mountain Peak! Great view as well! Since you already paid to travel to Japan and Nara Park might as well finish off at Peak of Mount Wakakusa. However if you are not up for it there is a small hill on the mountain right as you enter. Bonus luck managed to catch the deer feeder uncle too! He said he feeds them once or twice a week. Entrance to Mount Wakakusa is 150 yen for adults. Remember to buy deer biscuits at nara park ground level and bring it up to the Mountain *hide your biscuits well 😇🦌
One of the most beautiful hills I've seen in the Kansai region. The path from Nara is a bit steep with a lot of stairs, but it's definitely worth it.
After you enjoy a spectacular view from to the top, you can stay on the path and continue to Mt. Kasuga Primeval Forest and admire Uguisu Waterfall and then follow the path even further to walk down around the hill, see Kasugayama Stone Cavern Buddhas, an abandoned temple and then get back to Nara from the south entrance and visit Shiga Naoya's Old Residence and Ukimido.
If you start and end this wonderful trip on Nara train station, it fills you an entire day.
Was a very surprising gentle 30-min hike, I managed to find another route that didn't need to pay the entrance fee of ¥150.
What I did was, I first walked towards the google pin for Mt. Kasuga Primeval Forest, and from there made my way to the wakakusa View Point. It's an extremely easy and shady walk but do note you will not be able to use strollers as there's some loose gravel.
Totally worth the hike, the view is stunning
