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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Japan\u2019s revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the meteorological agency said.<\/p>\n

The mountain reached the annual milestone on Oct. 5 last year, making this year\u2019s snowcap the latest to form since 1894, when the phenomenon was first recorded.<\/p>\n

Staff of the Kofu observatory office, which declares the news every year, saw some snow near the 3,776-m (12,388-ft) summit of the country\u2019s tallest volcano on Thursday morning, the office said.<\/p>\n

The \u201cfirst snowfall\u201d on Fuji is defined as the point when all or part of the mountain is covered with snow or \u201cwhite-looking solid precipitation\u201d, the office added, and can be viewed from its observatory for the first time after summer.<\/p>\n

Mt. Fuji\u2019s first snowfall has been delayed in recent years, although the reasons are still unclear, said Mamoru Matsumoto of the Kofu observatory office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel relieved to finally see the snow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe temperature at the Fuji summit has been high since October, so I could foresee quite a big delay in the snowfall, which was giving me an uneasy feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unusually warm weather meant rainfall did not turn to snow in October, when the average temperature 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 data showed.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s hottest summer this year drove up the average nationwide temperature from June to August by 1.76 degrees Celsius (3.17 degrees F) more than usual.<\/p>\n

Maria Gabriel came to Japan specifically to see the sacred mountain, the 28 year-old tourist from Texas told Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful with the snow, and that was kind of what our expectations were coming (to Japan),\u201d she said, adding that the mountain\u2019s snowcapped image was famous worldwide.<\/p>\n

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