Mount Fuji ’s iconic snowcap belatedly made an appearance this week following the longest snow-free stretch in recorded history. Photos shared by local authorities and residents on Wednesday showed a light dusting on Japan ’s tallest peak, ending a delay that extended well past the previous record of 26 October in 2016.

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

It’s official: some snow has finally graced the slopes of Mount Fuji. The first signs of a snowcap, a hallmark of Japan’s most iconic peak, have just made a late but memorable appearance. If you’ve been eagerly waiting for Mount Fuji to don its classic white top,

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.

It's late October, and there's not yet snow on Mount Fuji—making it the latest in the year the iconic Japanese volcano has ever remained snowless (since 1894, at least, when records first started being kept).

The lack of snow on Mount Fuji on Tuesday broke the previous record set on October 26, 2016, meteorological officials said.

TOKYO (AP) — 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. Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site ...