KOFU--With fall still around the corner, Old Man Winter appears anxious to make his mark on the nation's highest mountain, almost a month earlier than usual. The season’s first snowcap was ...

Snow was first reported on the southwestern side of the mountain by the Shizuoka branch of the Japan Meteorological Agency on Wednesday. But the job of announcing the snow cap’s arrival has ...

Apart from the meteorological office, the local municipality of Fujiyoshida at the foot of the mountain has also declared the first snowcap of the season independently. The municipal government ...

On average, the volcano’s snowcap begins forming on October 2. However, as of October 28, no snowfall had been observed on ...