Snowcapped Mt. Fuji stands out against blue sky as cold weather grips Japan
As severe cold weather gripped much of Japan on Nov. 11, a view of Mount Fuji from a helicopter showed its peak blanketed in white snow, standing in s
On November 11, severe cold weather swept across Japan, casting Mount Fuji in a stark contrast to the blue sky above. The mountain's peak was snow-covered, its zigzagging trails for ascending and descending visible in the snow. At noon, the temperature at the summit plummeted to 11.1 degrees Celsius below zero, lower than it had been in the morning.
On November 10, prefectural roads leading to the mountain's fifth stations on the Shizuoka Prefecture side closed for winter preparations. The temperature in Horokanai, Hokkaido, plummeted to a record-low minus 20.2 degrees Celsius, the earliest such reading in the season. Central Tokyo also recorded its lowest temperature of the season, at 5.1 degrees Celsius.
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