Japan's Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record

Japan's highest mountain has been missing its famous white cap throughout October, after one of the hottest summers on record.

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00:00So I've been to Japan a few times before in my childhood and we always came in October

00:18November time.

00:19At this time of year it was always covered by snow so yeah it's quite shocking to see

00:22at this time of year there's no snow and also it's very visual the impact that global warming

00:27has had on a scene like this.

00:50I mean I've been here before while there was snow and it was beautiful, it was immaculate

00:54it was obviously like such an amazing experience given like the weather and just like the overall

00:59vibe of it but now it's like, I mean I'm rocking up in t-shirt and shorts, it kind

01:05of doesn't feel the same so I'm kind of regretting wearing long pants yeah yeah so it's definitely

01:11not the same it's a bit disappointing but yeah it's still beautiful but it's not it's

01:15not anywhere as magical as it used to be.