A recent study by Climate Central reveals that Fuji, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture at the foot of Mt. Fuji, has experienced a significant increase in winter days above 0°C due to global warming. The city has added an average of 35 winter days above freezing annually between 2014 and 2023, the highest increase among 901 northern hemisphere cities analyzed. This warming trend is impacting not only the season but also the ecological benefits associated with winter.
Photo taken Nov. 7, 2024, from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan , shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji , the country's highest mountain straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The snowcap was 36 days later than average and the latest on record, according to the Kofu weather observatory in Yamanashi Prefecture, due to unusually warm weather. A central Japan city at the foot of Mt.
Over half of 57 Japanese cities analyzed saw climate change add at least two weeks’ worth of winter days above freezing each year, including Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture and Kyoto, which saw an additional 23 days and 21 days, respectively. “This warming trend, which is driven by human-caused climate change, not only disrupts the season itself but also erodes the benefits it provides year round,” the group noted.
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