Torches near the Noh stage were also lit. Noh started on Mt. Oyama 300 years ago when the shogun ordered the conflicting religious groups on the mountain to work together to stage a Noh play twice a year.

This was to prevent fighting from breaking out on the mountain. Priests in those days were armed and warrior-like. The strategy worked as Oyama's Shintoists, Buddhists, and ascetic priests made peace and worked together to perform Noh in the Kanze School.