Tip: Look at Snowcap Mountain up close to see the tiny salt-like crystals. When a flashlight passes over the formation, you can really see them sparkle. I’d seen cave crickets before at Lincoln ...

If snow is observed on the mountaintop on Oct. 26, the next potential observation day, this year will tie for the record of the latest snowcap on Mount Fuji. Prior record-holding years were set in ...

The season’s first snowcap was observed on Mount Fuji on the morning of Oct. 5, three days later than normal and five days later than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Office said.