Late as never before!
After record time without white splendor: snow on Mount Fuji
This has never happened since records began: the first snow of the year fell on the sacred Mount Fuji on Wednesday, more than a month late. This means that winter on Japan's highest peak came later than at any time in the last 130 years.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Never before has the white splendor of autumn been so long in coming. Normally, the 3776-metre-high Fuji receives snow from the beginning of October. However, the high temperatures this year have obviously delayed this, said Yutaka Katsuta from the regional weather service at the end of October.
Snow a month earlier last year
Last year, snow was first sighted on the sacred mountain on October 5 - a month earlier. The latest date to date was October 26 - the date on which the first snow fell in 1955 and 2016.
The summit of Mount Fuji is covered in snow for most of the year. During the short summer season - from the beginning of July to the beginning of September - many hikers throng its steep, rocky slopes. This year, the Japanese authorities levied a visitor fee of around 13 euros for the first time to combat overtourism.
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