First Snowfall on Mount Fuji
Yesterday, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced the first snowfall on Mount Fuji. Whilst visual observations have been carried out since records began in 1894, it is reported that, from this year onwards, the announcement will be based on data analysis using AMeDAS, rain cloud radar and satellite imagery. As a result, the first snowfall occurred nearly a month later than the average. The photograph was taken before the COVID-19 pandemic at Nikurayama Sengen Park in Fujiyoshida City, a famous spot for viewing Mount Fuji. Featured in Thai school textbooks and on the cover of the ‘Michelin Green Guide Japan’, the…
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