Mount Fuji receives its first snowfall in 2025

It’s finally that time of year: Mount Fuji’s iconic silhouette is officially crowned with white laurels. The Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory announced on the 23rd that the first snow of the season was observed on Japan’s highest peak.

Although it is 21 days later than usual, the pristine white dust is still popular and is 15 days earlier than usual. Record late date last year Since observations began in 1894, November.

At around 6 a.m. this morning, Observatory officials visually confirmed that there was snow on the top of Mount Fuji. Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture, located at the foothills of the mountain, also announced the first snow of the season on the same day. In the nearby village of Yamanakako, tourists enjoy photographing the winter scenery.

Scenes of relief after last year’s delays

The news comes as a relief after the historically late first snowfall last year on November 7, 2024. After two of Japan’s hottest summers in a row, Mount Fuji suffered a record-breaking snowfall. Typically, Mount Fuji begins to see its first snowflakes in early October.

About Mount Fuji

As Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano and one of Japan’s national symbols. It straddles the border of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, and its elegant, symmetrical cone has been considered a sacred mountain for centuries. The mountain is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a source of artistic inspiration, especially the woodblock prints of Katsushika Hokusai and Hiroshige. The annual snowpack remains a poetic marker of Japan’s changing seasons.

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