Season's 1st snowcap on Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2015, shows the peak of Mt. Fuji covered with the season's first snowfall. A meteorological office in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, said the first snowcap was 11 days later than in the average year but five days earlier than in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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