This has never happened since the measurements began: more than a month late, the first snow of the year fell on sacred Mount Fuji on Wednesday. This means that winter at Japan’s highest peak came later than it has in 130 years.
The white splendor of autumn has never taken so long to arrive. As a rule, there is snow on the 3,776 meter high Fuji from the beginning of October. The high temperatures this year have clearly slowed this down, Yutaka Katsuta of the regional weather service said in late October.
Last year it snowed a month earlier
Last year, snow was first noticed on the holy mountain on October 5 – a month earlier. The latest date so far was October 26 – the first snow fell on this day in 1955 and 2016.
The top of Mount Fuji is covered in snow most of the year. During the short summer season – from early July to early September – many hikers crowd the steep, rocky slopes. This year, in the fight against overtourism, the Japanese authorities have levied a visitor fee of around 13 euros for the first time.
Source: Krone
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