Myoko Now: Sunday 21st December 2025
- Dec 21, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 154cm
Posted on Sunday 21st December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
On time for your report today, and it’s going to be a warm and sunny start to the day, although my favorite weather site says we’ll have rain later in the day.
The snow level really went down yesterday, and the stinkbugs came out. One of the surest signs of warm weather is when the stinkbugs, who spent the fall trying to get into the house and hide in crevices, think it’s time to get up and go when it gets significantly warm. Even had one fly down my shirt (and, yes, he released his nasty oily stink in there). People who have woodstoves also know about this—the room gets toasty, and the stinkbugs start buzzing around.
So let’s see how many resorts have timely info for us, and how much snow they’re reporting.
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
80cm. 6° (no new report)
All lifts open
Akakura Onsen:
30cm, 7°
Yodel No. 1 Triple, Yodel No. 4 Pair
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick
30cm, 8°
Shirakaba, Ikenotaira Quad, Alpen Blick No. 1 Pair
Myoko Suginohara:
60cm top, 20cm base; 3° (no new report)
Gondola and Mitahara No. 2 lift
Kyukamura RunRun:
50cm, 14° (no new report)
Seki Onsen:
Opening changed to December 25
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
25cm, 5°
Lifts no. 1, 3, 5
Madarao Mountain Resort:
30cm, 2° (a drop of 30cm!)
Most main lifts now running
Lotte Arai Resort:
96cm, 14.1° (about 20cm down!)
Gondola, Zendana lifts
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
December 24 (? Not entirely clear from website)
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Sunday 21st 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.