Snow falls on Mount Fuji after record 'disappearance'

(CLO) Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji after warm weather left the slopes of the Japanese mountain bare for the longest time ever.

Photos taken from various points around Mount Fuji on November 6 show a thin layer of snow on the mountain's summit.

"These are photos of Mount Fuji, seen from the city hall this morning. We can see a thin layer of snow covering the top of the mountain," said a post on the official X account of Fuji City, in the Shizuoka region of central Japan.

Mount Fuji is covered in snow on November 6. Photo: AFP/Shizuoka City Government

Many others in the area also posted photos of snow falling on Japan's highest mountain, while aerial footage from national broadcaster NHK showed close-ups of the white blanket on the rocky slopes.

"Finally, the first snow has fallen! Mt. Fuji looks so beautiful with snow," a post from a nursing home also in Fuji City said.

Last year, Mount Fuji had snow on October 2 and was first observed by government meteorologists on October 5.

This year marks the latest snowfall since comparable data began in 1894, breaking the previous record of October 26, which was recorded twice in 1955 and 2016.

A Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) official at the Kofu office said global warming was one of several factors leading to the slow snowfall. "Temperatures at the summit of Mt. Fuji in October were warmer than average," he said.

This year's Japanese summer is set to be the hottest on record, along with 2023, when extreme heat waves caused by climate change hit many parts of the globe.

Mount Fuji is covered in snow most of the year. It has appeared in countless works of art, including Hokusai's Great Wave. It last erupted about 300 years ago.

Ngoc Anh (according to AFP)

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