Myoko Now: Saturday 13th December 2025
- Dec 13, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 125cm
Posted on Saturday 13th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
A little more snow overnight, and at least four resorts are running a handful of lifts, while two others have left up information from long ago and no report on whether they did in fact decide to open today.
OK, the curmudgeon gets to start the year with a rant: why don’t the resorts put up useful information for their guests in a quickly-accessible place, and in a timely way?
Whatever your thoughts on our digitally-immersed world, it sure is easier to get a lot more information quickly than ever before. So why not use it and let people know the basics—like, are you actually open or not? Or do we next need to find your Instagram, Facebook or Tiktok location....
Some of the resorts are great; maybe most do a good job of keeping new information up there for us. But didn’t a great big international, slick new operation take over one of the resorts, yet announces “We decided to open on December 13!” at the top of the site, then has course/lift information from November 9 below? Hope you don’t run that new hotel like that....
Rant is now ended.
The season has begun.
The mountain looks beautiful.
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
December 19
Akakura Onsen:
40cm, -3°
Yodel No. 1 Triple, Yodel No. 4 Pair
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick
The winners of the least-user-oriented website (lots of promotion up top, dig for that ski info!) may or may not be open; they don’t say, the city’s site doesn’t say
Myoko Suginohara:
Not clear; no new info has been posted and they hoped to open today.
Kyukamura RunRun:
December 20
Seki Onsen:
Already reporting 80cm and -5 (hmmm) but not opening until December 23
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
45cm, -4°
One lift running
Madarao Mountain Resort:
50cm, -4°
No. 1 and No. 2 Quad lifts
Lotte Arai Resort:
102cm, 1.2°
Gondola, top Zendana lift
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
December 24 (? Not entirely clear from website)
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 13th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 125cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 21st November) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 90cm reported on 5 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Myoko. 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.