Hakuba Now: Friday 10th April 2020
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 18, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 223cm
Posted on Friday 10th April 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
It's snowing. (Of course it is!)
It shouldn't last for long but there's 2-3cm of snow at resort base areas, more of a dusting in some areas around the village. Clearer skies are due later... and tomorrow.
Earlier this week, Hakuba Happo-one and Tsugaike Kogen both closed for the season within a day of the 'state of emergency' being announced by the Japanese government for Tokyo and six other regions of the country.
I was wondering how the two remaining ski resorts would react, and yesterday we found out. Hakuba 47 made clear of their intention to remain open - at least for the time being. They made various reassurances about offering hand sanitizer, staff wearing masks, keeping windows open, limiting the number of people in each gondola cabin, etc.
So for the moment, Hakuba 47 (almost fully open) and Hakuba Goryu (top area and the narrow Toomi run open) remain in operation.
Over the last few days I have heard many opinions from friends and acquaintances; opinions from people both here in Hakuba and elsewhere.
As Happo-one noted, many visitors to Hakuba come from the very same places that are currently being asked to 'stay at home'.
I have my own opinions on all of this, of course, though as always I would very much prefer to remain out of politics.
I am going to continue to document the season for as long as it continues. I plan to post a few weather updates each week.
Please accept my apologies, but it just feels like it is the right thing to do.
And on that same kind of note, let's all do what we can to stop this thing.
Take care.
Love Hakuba.
Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 10th April 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 223cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 70cm reported on 13 days February 2020 snowfall 73cm reported on 9 days March 2020 snowfall 46cm reported on 9 days April 2020 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. 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.