Snow seen on Mount Fuji after record time without

Snow finally falls on Mount Fuji after the Japanese mountain’s longest-ever stint with bare slopes on Wednesday. Mount Fuji's snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first detected by government meteorologists stationed in Kofu City on October 5.

That makes 2024 the latest arrival of snow since comparative data became available in 1894, beating the previous record of October 26 -- seen twice, in 1955 and 2016.