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.

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. The national weather agency — which compares conditions in exactly the same location each year — has not yet announced a new record for the slowest formation of Mount Fuji’s famous snowcap,

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,