Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, is seen silhouetted behind the high-rise buildings of downtown Tokyo during sunset. - Photo: AFP
TOKYO: Japan's Mount Fuji remained snow-less as of Monday (Oct 28) -- the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the weather agency said.
The volcano's snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first detected there on October 5.
