Myoko Now: Friday 26th December 2025
- Dec 26, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 176cm
Posted on Friday 26th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Santa was a little late with the best present for the holidays; just before 5 am it was just beginning to snow, and the wind was really blowing.
Right now we’ve got something like 20cm on the ground already. I’ll measure the total when things taper off and add it on tomorrow so we get a good figure for the total fall. The timing is great, though. A 5cm base really isn't workable, is it. I would say 15cm is also unusable, 30cm is barely OK. The national forecast says upwards of 80cm for Niigata Prefecture, of which we are a part (although lots of natives think we’re in Nagano. We’re just surrounded by Nagano on three sides, not part of it).
The wind is pretty strong, too, so there is a lot of drifting at the moment. The snow started recently enough that the snowplows haven’t moved out yet, so there’s some interesting conditions out there (i.e. if your rental car isn’t 4WD, take the shuttle bus!).
Nice to see some good minus temperatures, too.
Oh happy day....
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
70m, -3°
All lifts except Hotel No. 1
Akakura Onsen:
40cm, -2°
Yodel No. 1 Triple, Yodel No. 4 Pair. Runors are that Ginrei may open, at least as a test for a large school group.
Alpen Blick Resort
25cm, 2° (I think those are pretty early figures, which is surprising from a resort that isn’t that fast with reporting)
Shirakaba Capsule and Ikenotaira Quad lifts
Myoko Suginohara:
40cm top, 15cm base; -6° (expect more on that snow!)
Gondola; Mitahara Nos. 2 and 3
Kyukamura RunRun:
65cm, -1°
Seems to be open
Seki Onsen:
50cm, -3°
Open
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
25cm, -3°
Four of five lifts running
Madarao Mountain Resort:
30cm, -4°
Most main lifts running
Lotte Arai Resort:
102cm, 4.3°
Gondola, Zendana lift
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
Opening tomorrow
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 26th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 176cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 21st November) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 141cm reported on 10 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.