From the blazing hot summer to the recent cool, rainy days – it really feels like we’ve skipped autumn this year. To make it feel even more like winter, Mt Fuji just received its first dusting of snow this season on the morning of Thursday October 23.
As reported by NHK World Japan, Mt Fuji’s first snow cap of the season arrived a whopping 21 days later than average. However, it came 15 days earlier than last year, when the snowfall on November 7 was the latest since record-keeping began roughly 130 years ago.
Mount Fuji dons winter cap in first snowfall of the season
— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) October 23, 2025
The summit of Japan's highest peak is cloaked in snow for the first time this season. Weather officials say the snowcap arrived on Thursday morning, 21 days later than average. https://t.co/FDBJBmHxf8 pic.twitter.com/0xiEqRDNT7
According to the report, rainclouds have hovered around Mt Fuji since Wednesday, and temperatures dropping below freezing resulted in the season’s first snow.
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