[Breaking News]Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

TOTTORI, Japan, Nov. 19 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, covered with snow for the first time this season on Nov. 19, 2024. (Kyodo)

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, covered with snow for the first time this season on Nov. 19, 2024.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, covered with snow for the first time this season on Nov. 19, 2024.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, covered with snow for the first time this season on Nov. 19, 2024.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, covered with snow for the first time this season on Nov. 19, 2024.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, covered with snow for the first time this season on Nov. 19, 2024.

Climbing season begins on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Climbing season begins on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

A ritual is held near the top of the 1,729 meter Mt. Daisen in Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 2, 2024, to pray for the safety of climbers ahead of the summer season.

Climbing season begins on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Climbing season begins on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

A ritual is held near the top of the 1,729 meter Mt. Daisen in Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 2, 2024, to pray for the safety of climbers ahead of the summer season.

Climbing season begins on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Climbing season begins on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Climbers walk on Mt. Daisen in Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 2, 2024, as the climbing season begins on the 1,729 meter mountain.

Mt. Daisen gets season's 1st snowcap

Mt. Daisen gets season's 1st snowcap

Photo taken on Nov. 13, 2023, shows Daisen National Park Centre, a base for hikers, in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2023, the day that the season's first snowcap was observed on Mt. Daisen.

Mt. Daisen gets season's 1st snowcap

Mt. Daisen gets season's 1st snowcap

The first snowcap of the season is observed atop Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2023.

Autumn colors on Mt. Daisen

Autumn colors on Mt. Daisen

People snap photos of autumn-colored leaves covering Mt. Daisen in the Tottori Prefecture town of Daisen, western Japan, on Oct. 31, 2023.

Autumn colors on Mt. Daisen

Autumn colors on Mt. Daisen

People enjoy a panoramic view of autumn-colored leaves covering Mt. Daisen in the Tottori Prefecture town of Daisen, western Japan, on Oct. 31, 2023.

Tottori urges S. Koreans to submit trekking plans

Tottori urges S. Koreans to submit trekking plans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a document in Hangul (L) that the Tottori prefectural government sent to South Korean travel companies, telling them their clients must inform the local government of their hiking plans for Mt. Daisen in the western Japanese prefecture, amid an increase in the number of South Korean hikers. On the right is a Japanese translation of the document.

Mt. Daisen climbers enjoy alpine plants in full bloom

Mt. Daisen climbers enjoy alpine plants in full bloom

YONAGO, Japan - Climbers enjoy seeing Mt. Daisen's blossoming alpine plants at their peak near the Utopia Shelter lodge on the east ridge at an altitude of about 1,500 meters in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. The 1,729-meter-high mountain is designated as a national park for its magnificent landscape.

Beautiful alpine meadow on Mt. Daisen

Beautiful alpine meadow on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - A beautiful alpine meadow in full bloom greets climbers near the summit of the 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, a national park, in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

Firefly found on mountain top in western Japan

Firefly found on mountain top in western Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Luciola parvula, a species of firefly, is found by a firefly conservation organization on the peak of 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 20, 2014. A DNA test of the firefly will be conducted as part of research on the local ecological system.

Winter patrol starts at popular Mt. Daisen in Tottori

Winter patrol starts at popular Mt. Daisen in Tottori

YONAGO, Japan - A mountain ranger hands out safety pamphlets to a mountain climber at the entrance of a mountain trail on Mt. Daisen on Dec. 24 as winter patrol officially gets under way in the popular winter mountain climbing resort in Tottori Prefecture. Winter patrol on Mt. Daisen, organized by Tottori police and local mountaineering volunteers, operates during the New Year holidays as well as the weekends through the end of March.

Alpine flowers in full bloom on Mt. Daisen

Alpine flowers in full bloom on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - Mountaineers traverse near the top of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, where alpine flowers are in full bloom on July 31

Patrol squad gives instructions to mountaineers at Mt. Daisen

Patrol squad gives instructions to mountaineers at Mt. Daisen

DAISEN, Japan - Members of a patrol squad (R side) give instructions on safe mountaineering at the foot of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture on Dec. 24 as the Japanese archipelago is hit by heavy snowfall.

Mt. Daisen covered with year's first snow

Mt. Daisen covered with year's first snow

TOTTORI, Japan - The year's first snow is observed Nov. 17 on Mt. Daisen in the Daisen-Oki National Park in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan.

Miniature Mt. Daisen painted with autumn colors

Miniature Mt. Daisen painted with autumn colors

YONAGO, Japan - A miniature Mr. Daisen at JR Yonago Station in Tottori Prefecture is painted with autumn colors on Oct. 21. The 1,729 meter Mt. Daisen in Daisen National Park has begun turning red and yellow. The best autumn scene can be observed at the peak in early November.

70 mil. yen eco-friendly toilet installed on Mt. Daisen

70 mil. yen eco-friendly toilet installed on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows a shelter equipped with an environmentally friendly toiled atop Mt. Daisen in a national park in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. The toilet, which cost some 70 million yen, recycles water by using microorganisms to break down waste in an integrated treatment and purification vat. The treated water will be reused after the addition of rainwater.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen (background) is covered with the season's first snow in the Tottori Prefecture town of Daisen, western Japan, on Oct. 25, 2022.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen (background) is covered with the season's first snow in the Tottori Prefecture town of Daisen, western Japan, on Oct. 25, 2022.

Ritual on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Ritual on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

A ritual is held near the top of Mt. Daisen in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 5, 2022, to pray for the safety of climbing ahead of the summer season.

Ritual on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Ritual on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Visitors walk on Mt. Daisen in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 5, 2022, as a ritual is held near the top of the mountain the same day to pray for the safety of climbing ahead of the summer season.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen being covered with the season's first snow in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 20, 2021.

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen being covered with the season's first snow in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 20, 2021.

Sacred water-taking ritual at shrine on Mt. Daisen, western Japan

Sacred water-taking ritual at shrine on Mt. Daisen, western Japan

Shinto priests take sacred water from a pond at Ogamiyama Shrine's Okunomiya (main shrine) near the top of Mt. Daisen in the town of Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2015, as part of a traditional ritual to pray for worshippers' health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. envoy Kennedy joins Sea to Summit outdoor event

U.S. envoy Kennedy joins Sea to Summit outdoor event

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy paddles a kayak during a Sea to Summit 2015 outdoor event on the Hinogawa River in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 18, 2015. The annual event features kayaking, cycling and climbing to the 1,729-meter Mt. Daisen summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. envoy Kennedy joins Sea to Summit outdoor event

U.S. envoy Kennedy joins Sea to Summit outdoor event

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy paddles a kayak during a Sea to Summit 2015 outdoor event on the Hinogawa River in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 18, 2015. The annual event features kayaking, cycling and climbing to the 1,729-meter Mt. Daisen summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Alpine flowers in full bloom on Mt. Daisen

Alpine flowers in full bloom on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - Mountaineers traverse near the top of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, where alpine flowers are in full bloom on July 31 (Kyodo)

Winter patrol starts at popular Mt. Daisen in Tottori

Winter patrol starts at popular Mt. Daisen in Tottori

YANAGO, Japan - A mountain ranger hands out safety pamphlets to a mountain climber at the entrance of a mountain trail on Mt. Daisen on Dec. 24 as winter patrol officially gets under way in the popular winter mountain climbing resort in Tottori Prefecture. Winter patrol on Mt. Daisen, organized by Tottori police and local mountaineering volunteers, operates during the New Year holidays as well as the weekends through the end of March. (Kyodo)

Patrol squad gives instructions to mountaineers at Mt. Daisen

Patrol squad gives instructions to mountaineers at Mt. Daisen

DAISEN, Japan - Members of a patrol squad (R side) give instructions on safe mountaineering at the foot of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture on Dec. 24 as the Japanese archipelago is hit by heavy snowfall. (Kyodo)

Mt. Daisen covered with year's first snow

Mt. Daisen covered with year's first snow

TOTTORI, Japan - The year's first snow is observed Nov. 17 on Mt. Daisen in the Daisen-Oki National Park in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan. (Kyodo)

Miniature Mt. Daisen painted with autumn colors

Miniature Mt. Daisen painted with autumn colors

YONAGO, Japan - A miniature Mr. Daisen at JR Yonago Station in Tottori Prefecture is painted with autumn colors on Oct. 21. The 1,729 meter Mt. Daisen in Daisen National Park has begun turning red and yellow. The best autumn scene can be observed at the peak in early November. (Kyodo)

Miyagase,Nakatsugawa Gorge

Miyagase,Nakatsugawa Gorge

A photo from the album of F. Beato. A view of Miyagase valley on the Nakatsu River, a stream flowing from Sagami River (Banyu River). Miyanose is the entrance to Mt. Daisen (Amefuriyama).==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐8‐0]

Tottori urges S. Koreans to submit trekking plans

Tottori urges S. Koreans to submit trekking plans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a document in Hangul (L) that the Tottori prefectural government sent to South Korean travel companies, telling them their clients must inform the local government of their hiking plans for Mt. Daisen in the western Japanese prefecture, amid an increase in the number of South Korean hikers. On the right is a Japanese translation of the document. (Kyodo)

Beautiful alpine meadow on Mt. Daisen

Beautiful alpine meadow on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - A beautiful alpine meadow in full bloom greets climbers near the summit of the 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, a national park, in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

Season's first snowcap on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Season's first snowcap on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 4, 2020, from Kofu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, shows Mt. Daisen covered with snow for the first time in the season.

Season's first snowcap on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Season's first snowcap on Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 4, 2020, from Kofu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, shows Mt. Daisen covered with snow for the first time in the season.

Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Mt. Daisen in western Japan

Photo taken June 22, 2020, shows Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Season opening of Japan mountain for climbing

Season opening of Japan mountain for climbing

Visitors walk on Mt. Daisen in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 7, 2020, as the mountain becomes open to the public for climbing for the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Season opening of Japan mountain for climbing

Season opening of Japan mountain for climbing

Visitors walk on Mt. Daisen in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 7, 2020, as the mountain becomes open to the public for climbing for the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Season opening of Japan mountain for climbing

Season opening of Japan mountain for climbing

A ceremony is held at Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 7, 2020, as Mt. Daisen becomes open to the public for climbing for the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Iceland poppies near Mt. Daisen

Iceland poppies near Mt. Daisen

Photo taken on April 3, 2020, shows Iceland poppies coming into flower near Mt. Daisen (top) in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Iceland poppies near Mt. Daisen

Iceland poppies near Mt. Daisen

Photo taken on April 3, 2020, shows Iceland poppies coming into flower near Mt. Daisen (top) in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen being covered with the season's first snow in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Mt. Daisen covered with season's 1st snow

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Daisen being covered with the season's first snow in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo