Tokyo residents woke up on Delires obscenes (1998)Thursday to the first early snowfall in 54 years. And the country's most popular messenger app, Line, commemorated the surprise with snow falling in the background of the chat screen.

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Users started tweeting their surprise, attaching screenshots.

Some people thought the snow added a sense of romance to their chat backgrounds.

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But this guy may have found his wallpaper had the best reaction to the early coming of winter.

The last time it snowed in central Tokyo in November was 1962. It doesn't snow until at least a month later.

An unusually cold air mass brought wet snow to Japan's capital. Above-freezing temperatures kept the snow from sticking in most places, although it did accumulate on sidewalks and cars in Tokyo's far western suburbs.

Additional reporting by The Associated Press.

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