Myoko Now: Sunday 29th March 2026
- Mar 29
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 9
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1088cm
Posted on Sunday 29th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Last day of the season, at least for most of the resorts on most slopes.
Another sunny, warm day—but the snow held up all the way to the base at Akakan, which doesn’t even happen on heavy snow years sometimes. Lots of kosa dust all over central Japan today, which will give us more whiteish skies (and a swear that I can taste some dry grittiness. Probably psychosomatic). I’m watching the instructors at one of the local ski schools packing up and getting ready to head to their respective homes. Not a lot of call for lessons at the end of the season, although there are a lot of first-timers out there, even this late in the season.
I did notice that, while Australian accents are way down, we did have a lot of Mandarin speakers out there on the slopes yesterday.
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Akakura Kanko:
170cm, 5°
Champion No. 3 lift closed
Now officially in spring season (reduced rates); hoping to stay open until May 6
Akakura Onsen:
180cm, 3°
Kumado Nos. 1 and 4 lifts only
Closing today
Alpen Blick Resort
110cm, 5° (Friday’s report—I could go on a rant about the information provided here, but let’s just ask, couldn’t you get a report out for the last day of operations?)
Closing today
Myoko Suginohara:
75cm top, 30cm base; 2°
Gondola, Mitahara No. 2 only
Closing today
Kyukamura RunRun:
Closed
Seki Onsen:
345cm, 5°
Closed on weekdays (except March 30, 31); hoping to stay open until April 12
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
35cm, 7° (discount ticket available through their website)
Lifts Nos. 1, 3, 5
Closing today
Madarao Mountain Resort:
90cm, 7°
Lifts Nos. 1, 2, 3, Super Quad; no longer possible to ski to Tangram
Lotte Arai Resort:
331cm, 11°
Some runs may close due to avalanche possibility. Exciter and KG closed for the season
Hoping to stay open into May
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
Closed
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Sunday 29th March 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 1088cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 120cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 184cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 646cm reported on 24 days February 2026 snowfall 202cm reported on 12 days March 2026 snowfall 21cm reported on 6 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.