[Breaking News]Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 6 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 6, 2024, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. (Kyodo)

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The snowcap was 36 days later than average and the latest on record, according to the Kofu weather observatory in Yamanashi Prefecture, due to unusually warm weather.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Photo taken Nov. 7, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The snowcap was 36 days later than average and the latest on record, according to the Kofu weather observatory in Yamanashi Prefecture, due to unusually warm weather.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 6, 2024, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 6, 2024, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 6, 2024, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 6, 2024, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, from the Shizuoka Prefecture side shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 5, 2023, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, the Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 5, 2023, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, the Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 5, 2023, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, the Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 5, 2023, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, the Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 5, 2023, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, the Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 5, 2023, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, the Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2023, from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2023, from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, shows the first snow of the season spotted on the peak of Mt. Fuji, Japan's iconic mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 28 Kyodo - Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Nagoya Castle amid heaviest snowfall in 9 years

Snowcapped Nagoya Castle amid heaviest snowfall in 9 years

NAGOYA, Japan - Visitors walk toward a snowcapped Nagoya Castle on Dec. 18, 2014, as snowfall in the central Japan city of Nagoya reached 23 centimeters, topping the 20 cm line for the first time since December 2005.

Search continues on Mt. Ontake

Search continues on Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows members of a search team getting off a helicopter near the top of snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 15, 2014, to resume searching for seven climbers who remain missing following the deadly eruption Sept. 27 of the 3,067-meter volcano, which has claimed 56 lives.

Search continues on Mt. Ontake

Search continues on Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Self-Defense Forces at the top of snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 15, 2014, searching for seven climbers who remain missing following the deadly eruption Sept. 27 of the 3,067-meter volcano, which has claimed 56 lives.

Snowcapped Mt. Ontake

Snowcapped Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 15, 2014, shows snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan, whose eruption Sept. 27 has claimed 56 lives with seven people remaining missing. Kengamine, the highest peak of the mountain, is seen in the background and one of its ponds, called Ninoike, is seen in front.

Ice fishing on Lake Yamanaka

Ice fishing on Lake Yamanaka

KOFU, Japan - People take part in ice fishing on frozen Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2012, as the lake smelt fishing season opened at a part of the east side of the lake the same day. A snowcapped Mt. Fuji is seen in the background.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Video taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Ice fishing on Lake Yamanaka

Ice fishing on Lake Yamanaka

KOFU, Japan - People take part in ice fishing on frozen Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2012, as the lake smelt fishing season opened at a part of the east side of the lake the same day. A snowcapped Mt. Fuji is seen in the background. (Kyodo)

Snowcapped Nagoya Castle amid heaviest snowfall in 9 years

Snowcapped Nagoya Castle amid heaviest snowfall in 9 years

NAGOYA, Japan - Visitors walk toward a snowcapped Nagoya Castle on Dec. 18, 2014, as snowfall in the central Japan city of Nagoya reached 23 centimeters, topping the 20 cm line for the first time since December 2005. (Kyodo)

Snowcapped Mt. Ontake

Snowcapped Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 15, 2014, shows snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan, whose eruption Sept. 27 has claimed 56 lives with seven people remaining missing. Kengamine, the highest peak of the mountain, is seen in the background and one of its ponds, called Ninoike, is seen in front. (Kyodo)

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from Yamanakako village in Yamanashi Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from Yamanakako village in Yamanashi Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, with its summit snowcapped for the first time this season.

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Mt. Fuji seen from the city of Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, is capped with snow for the first time this season on Oct. 26, 2017, 31 days later than last year, according to city officials. Separately, the Japan Meteorological Agency, which has an observatory about 40 kilometers away from the foot of Mt. Fuji, reported flecks of snow on the summit three days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Snowcapped Mt. Fuji

Mt. Fuji seen from the city of Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, is capped with snow for the first time this season on Oct. 26, 2017, 31 days later than last year, according to city officials. Separately, the Japan Meteorological Agency, which has an observatory about 40 kilometers away from the foot of Mt. Fuji, reported flecks of snow on the summit three days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo