Myoko Now: Friday 19th December 2025
- Dec 19, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 154cm
Posted on Friday 19th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
A beautiful sunny, sparkling-snow day to start more resort openings. And, apparently, there was enough new snow there for things to get going, with Akakan opening the entire hill.
Alpen Blick (Ikenotaira) is going to delay until tomorrow (and good luck finding that information—you only have to go down three pages to find that out. Even the city site has no information on the resort.)
That sticky snow over the past couple of days has left all the trees completely covered in snow, something like a skinny version of Zao’s famous juhyo (snow monsters). I guess way back when there were juhyo all the way down to Nagano... Save our winters, people!
But it is worth taking a look this morning as you enjoy an early-season ski.
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
90cm. 3°
All lifts open
Akakura Onsen:
35cm, -2°
Yodel No. 1 Triple, Yodel No. 4 Pair
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick
Opening tomorrow
Myoko Suginohara:
70cm top, 20cm base; -6°
Gondola and Mitahara No. 2 lift
Kyukamura RunRun:
December 20
Seki Onsen:
Opening December 23
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
30cm, -2°
One lift running
Madarao Mountain Resort:
60cm, -5°
Nos. 1, 2, 5 lifts
Lotte Arai Resort:
120cm, 3.6°
Gondola, Zendana lifts
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
December 24 (? Not entirely clear from website)
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 19th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 154cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 21st November) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 119cm reported on 8 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.