Japan’s Mount Fuji is still without its snowcap for the first time in 130 years

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Japan’s Mount Fuji is still without its snowcap for the first time in 130 years
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The lack of snow on the UNESCO World Heritage site as of Tuesday breaks the previous record set on Oct. 26, 2016, meteorological officials say

Usually Mount Fuji , pictured in 2019, has sprinkles of snow falling on its summit starting Oct. 2, about a month after the summertime hiking season there ends. Japan ’s iconic Mount Fuji , known for its snowcap forming around this time of the year, is still snowless in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks.

Usually, the 3,776-metre- high mountain has sprinkles of snow falling on its summit starting Oct. 2, about a month after the summertime hiking season there ends. Last year, snow fell on the mountain on Oct. 5, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, or JMA.

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