Bullet Train Offers Breathtaking View of Mount Fuji’s First Snowfall

The peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji got its first taste of snow this season on Thursday, October 23, according to local news reports.

Officials from the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory announced that around 6 am Thursday, it had observed the season’s first snowcap on Mount Fuji.

The snowfall came 21 days later than the average year, but 15 days earlier than last year’s start.

Footage filmed by X user @tomokodesu1 from a bullet train between Mishima station and Shin-Fuji station in Shizuoka shows a white blanket of snow covering the summit on Thursday. Credit: @tomokodesu1 via Storyful