TOKYO — Mount Fuji has finally gotten its iconic snowcap, meteorologists in Japan said Thursday, more than a month later than it did last year and the latest of any year in 130 years of record ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to Japan to take in the majestic views of Mount Fuji's snow-capped peak ... snowfall in 130 years. The first snowfall on Mount Fuji, a Unesco ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Mount Fuji ... a peak at the first snowfall. Kiryu said it is too early to link this year’s late snowcap to global warming, noting Mt. Fuji’s first snow last year ...

This year for the first time, the mountain has remained bare. Sitting southwest of Tokyo, 3,776m Mount Fuji is an active volcano and Japan’s highest peak. Covered in snow for much of the year ...

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Mathias Cena/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images On average, the first snow falls on Mount Fuji on Oct. 2. If Nov. 6 is officially confirmed as the first-snowfall date, it would be the latest ...

announces the first snowfall on Mount Fuji every year -- a marker that winter has arrived. Sweltering temperatures in Japan over the summer likely contributed to the lack of snow, as higher-than ...