Mount Fuji saw some snow near the summit on Wednesday morning. If confirmed, it will mark the latest first snowcap in 130 years, likely due to unseasonably warm weather.

Officials in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, to the south of the mountain, said that snow was visible on the summit for the first time this winter, about a month later than last year.

NHK footage from Fujinomiya City also showed snow on the summit.

In Yamanashi Prefecture, north of Mount Fuji, the weather observatory for the Kofu region said the summit has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures over the past few days. It reported that Wednesday morning was the season's coldest, at minus 11 degrees Celsius.

The season's first snowcap can be announced only when workers at this observatory, some 30 kilometers from the summit, visually confirm it.

The observatory says thick clouds have prevented them from confirming snow on the summit area.

The latest first snowcap recorded since observations began in 1894 was on October 26 in 1955 and 1990.

If confirmed, this year would set a new record for the latest first snowcap in the last 130 years.