Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japan's 90-year-old adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (R) moves down a slope at Mt. Asahidake in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 14, 2023.

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japan's 90-year-old adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front) moves down a slope at Mt. Asahidake in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 14, 2023.

Mt. Asahidake sees 1st snowcap

Mt. Asahidake sees 1st snowcap

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Mt. Asahidake, the highest mountain in Hokkaido, has seen its first snowcap of the season, 12 days earlier than average, according to a local observatory on Sept. 12, 2009. Tourists are able to enjoy the sight of snow and colored leaves at the same time.

Season's first snowfall in Hokkaido

Season's first snowfall in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Mt. Asahidake in the Daisetsu range in Hokkaido stands clad with the season's first snowfall on Sept. 21.

Autumn creeps onto Hokkaido

Autumn creeps onto Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Mt. Asahidake stands capped with snow and leaves start turning red and yellow as autumn creeps onto Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, on Sept. 23.

Late-blooming cherry blossoms in season in northern Japan

Late-blooming cherry blossoms in season in northern Japan

Chishima cherry trees are in bloom in the Asahidake hot spring area of the Daisetsuzan mountain range in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on June 23, 2015. Chishima cherry trees bloom in mountainous areas over 1,100 meters and are the latest blooming cherry tree variety in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mt. Asahidake sees 1st snowcap

Mt. Asahidake sees 1st snowcap

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Mt. Asahidake, the highest mountain in Hokkaido, has seen its first snowcap of the season, 12 days earlier than average, according to a local observatory on Sept. 12. Tourists are able to enjoy the sight of snow and colored leaves at the same time. (Kyodo)

Mt. Asahidake covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Asahidake covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 26, 2020, shows Mt. Asahidake in the Daisetsuzan mountain range on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido capped with the season's first snow.

Mt. Asahidake covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Asahidake covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 26, 2020, shows Mt. Asahidake in the Daisetsuzan mountain range on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido capped with the season's first snow.

4 people who went missing on Hokkaido mountain found alive

4 people who went missing on Hokkaido mountain found alive

Japanese Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a search operation on Mt. Asahidake in Hokkaido on Oct. 18, 2017. Four people -- two Japanese, a Malaysian man and a Singaporean woman -- were found alive after going missing a day earlier on the snowy mountain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

4 people who went missing on Hokkaido mountain found alive

4 people who went missing on Hokkaido mountain found alive

Rescuers take part in a search operation on Mt. Asahidake in Hokkaido on Oct. 18, 2017. Four people -- two Japanese, a Malaysian man and a Singaporean woman -- were found alive after going missing a day earlier on the snowy mountain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Season's first snowfall in Hokkaido

Season's first snowfall in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Mt. Asahidake in the Daisetsu range in Hokkaido stands clad with the season's first snowfall on Sept. 21. (Kyodo)