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Snowcap on Japan's Mt Fuji this year is newest spotted in 130 years

Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally restored an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a. record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the meteorological. company stated.

The mountain reached the yearly turning point on Oct. 5 last. year, making this year's snowcap the most recent to form since 1894,. when the phenomenon was first taped.

Staff of the Kofu observatory office, which states the. news every year, saw some snow near the 3,776-m (12,388-ft). top of the nation's highest volcano on Thursday morning, the. office said.

The first snowfall on Fuji is defined as the point when. all or part of the mountain is covered with snow or. white-looking strong rainfall, the office added, and can. be seen from its observatory for the very first time after summer.

Mt. Fuji's first snowfall has actually been delayed recently,. although the factors are still uncertain, stated Mamoru Matsumoto of. the Kofu observatory workplace.

I feel relieved to finally see the snow, he added.

The temperature at the Fuji top has actually been high considering that. October, so I could predict rather a huge hold-up in the snowfall,. which was giving me an uneasy sensation.

Uncommonly warm weather condition implied rainfall did not turn to snow. in October, when the typical temperature level on the peak touched a. record high of 1.6 degrees Celsius (34.88 degrees F), compared. to the previous October average of -2 degrees C (28.4 degrees. F), official information showed.

Japan's most popular summer this year increased the average. nationwide temperature level from June to August by 1.76 degrees. Celsius (3.17 degrees F) more than usual.

Maria Gabriel pertained to Japan specifically to see the spiritual. mountain, the 28 year-old traveler from Texas informed Reuters.

It's lovely with the snow, and that was sort of what our. expectations were coming

(source: Reuters)