Japan’s Mount Fuji Gets Snow After Breaking Snowless Record NYT | Top Stories By: Yan Zhuang and Hisako Ueno 6 November 2024 at 12:19 Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest snowless period in 130 years. © Yuichi Yamazaki/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA sign with a photo of Mount Fuji, with the snowless mountain in the distance, last week.