Hakuba Now: Friday 23rd January 2026
- Jan 23
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 216cm
Posted on Friday 23rd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Greeting Hakuba fans.
Some snow overnight after a very cold day yesterday. Not a whole lot with ski areas reporting up to around 5cm.
We have ourselves a cloudy morning. Doesn't feel windy, it should be fun out there this morning.
Forecasts promise some potentially heavy snow across the weekend. I might have cm to report to you in time for my next report.
Lots of people will have missed my update yesterday, so I'll mention it again. Silly me, I had let a typo remain on my report for a number of days. Specifically, I wrote Kurobishi (at Happo-one) as Kurobushi. I have fixed that up mistake, thanks to a kind reader getting in touch and pointing it out. Sorry about that. It wasn't that I didn't know the correct name; just a careless typo.
Hakuba Now2025-2026 season |
Data as Friday 23rd January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 216cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 98cm reported on 12 days January 2026 snowfall 116cm reported on 16 days |
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.