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.

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. The lack of snow on Mt.

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).

Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site, received its first snowfall over a month later than usual, the most delayed in 130 years. The delay has been attributed to an unusually warm October. The snowless state of the mountain has raised discussions about climate change and environmental protection.

Mount Fuji is snowless in November for 130 years after unseasonally warm weather in Japan.The lack of snow on the UNESCO World Heritage site, as of Tuesday, breaks the previous record when snow did not arrive until October 16 in 2016.

Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes.