Furano Now: Wednesday 25th November 2015
- Nov 25, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 42cm
Posted on Wednesday 25th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Winter has certainly arrived in Furano.
And it's as if she never left. If you have come to ski Furano in the past, I can tell you that today it looks like it always looks. The snow clearers have been out, the footpaths already have stacked snow along them, the parking lots around town are cleared, and life is going on as normal, as if nothing even happened. Furano locals are clearly very good at this.
On the mountain, the resort would have benefited from the 30 or so centimetres that fell at the base in Kitanomine Village. We are seeking updated numbers from the resort, but the beauty of Japan is they really don't worry about measuring such things. At least in Furano they don't. A lot of snow is a lot of snow. Once the ski season gets going, what really matters in Furano, because the snow is dry here in the centre of Hokkaido, is whether or not there is any fresh to play in off piste or in the nearby back country. Today there most certainly is fresh snow. My family went up to Tokachi Dake this morning for some turns.
At about 7am it was -5 degrees at Kitanomine Village, so about -9 or -10 atop the resort.
NA but we are hoping they might be ready on November 28, the arbitrary date set at the end of last season.
Furano Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 25th November 2015 Total snowfall at base 42cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (25th November) November 2015 snowfall 42cm reported on 4 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.