Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, images showed Wednesday, after warm weather led to the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes.

Since record-keeping began 130 years ago, Mount Fuji has always acquired its distinctive cap of snow by now. This year, it remains bare.

Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, known for its snowcap forming around this time of the year, is still snowless in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks.

Japan's Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap on Wednesday, more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years. The first snowfall on Mt.

Mounting Doom Don't panic, but Japan's Mount Fuji has officially gone all of October without any snow, CNN reports, making it the longest period — and counting! — that the mountain has been snowless since records began 130 years ago.

Japan's Mount Fuji remained snow-less as of Monday—the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the weather agency said.

Mount Fuji snowless in November for the first time in 130 years - The UNESCO world heritage site in Japan is usually covered in snow from October

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Japan’s most famous landmark, Mount Fuji, is commonly depicted with a pristine snowcap crowning its peak. Yet, this year, as November begins, the iconic mountain remains bare, marking the longest snowless period in 130 years.