Hakuba Now: Thursday 9th November 2023
- Nov 9, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
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Posted on Thursday 9th November 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Hello hello hello!
It's a beautiful morning here in Hakuba, and the mountains look amazing. Nothing unusual there, of course, but it's always worth remembering the good things.
After the long and hot summer, it is great that winter is just a few weeks away. I'm going to stubbornly try and ignore all the talk of 'unseasonably warm' conditions (as much as I can) and hope that all turns out well for the winter.
As I write this, it is about 7C here in the village and will probably be around 19C at the warmest point of the day. Temperatures will be dropping over the weekend and into early next week. We might even get some snow down to (or close to) village level around Monday. I'll let you know, of course.
And I'll talk about a few bits of Hakuba-related news next week.
I've splashed out on new skis, boots, snowboard, and gloves for this season. I'm ready and excited about the upcoming season.
Snow please!
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Here are the planned opening dates for ski areas around Hakuba. All are of course subject to change and depend on snowfall.
Late November:
ABLE Hakuba Goryu
Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Friday 1st December:
Hakuba Happo-one
Friday 15th December:
Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field
Jigatake
White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka
Saturday 16th December:
Kashimayari
Mid-December 2023:
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
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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.