Myoko Now: Monday 22nd December 2025
- Dec 22, 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 156cm
Posted on Monday 22nd December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
I'm going to wait for reports from the resorts before I get this up, even though I’m starting at 7:30 (and not many are up yet).
Lots of rain yesterday, but it got cold enough that we have a few cm of new snow, and dense fog. We need all the snow we can get; the snow was basically down to ground at the base level. I kept hearing reports through the day of the ground slowly appearing on the way up to Akakan’s No. 1 lift (with lots of people carrying their skis to the lift), but that demarcation line got too high, and the lift is closed today.
Alpen Blick Resort (Ikenotaira) appears to be closed, but hard to tell. They've got today's date above yesterday's temperature and snowpack, with all lifts marked as closed.
Just about 8:30, and all the reports are now in. More or less (see above).
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
50cm, -2°
All lifts except Hotel No. 1
Akakura Onsen:
35cm, -1°
Yodel No. 1 Triple, Yodel No. 4 Pair
Alpen Blick Resort
30cm, 8° (yesterday’s temperature and snow, today’s date....)
Appears to be closed; no info on the city information page, either
Myoko Suginohara:
40cm top, 15cm base; -4°
Gondola and Mitahara No. 2 lift
Kyukamura RunRun:
50cm, 14°
Opening the 27th (finally made an announcement; they have been posting temp. and snow data, but nothing else)
Seki Onsen:
Opening changed to December 25
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
18cm, -1°
Lifts no. 1, 3, 5
Madarao Mountain Resort:
20cm, -3°
Most main lifts now running
Lotte Arai Resort:
102cm, 4.5°
Gondola, Zendana lift
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
December 24 (? Not entirely clear from website)
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Monday 22nd December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 156cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 21st November) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 121cm reported on 9 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.