Myoko Now: Friday 2nd January 2026
- Jan 2
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm
Posted on Friday 2nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Getting this out a bit early today, because I need to get out on the hill! Just a little more snow overnight, but welcome.
There are still a lot of icy and brown spots on the hill, so more snow is good snow (but I would always say that anyway). Nice and cold today, too, which does help the quality of the snow (and of the skier; it was pretty wet during the morning hours yesterday).
I keep seeing predictions of 70cm along this part of the Japan Sea coast on the national news, but I’m not sure when that’s going to hit. The best forecast sites are kind of all over the place, depending on which prediction model is being used.
It would be great to have a massive, traffic-stopping dump of snow. That’s Myoko style.
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Akakura Kanko:
120cm, -6°
Akakura Onsen:
120cm, -4°
Alpen Blick Resort
50cm, -2° (yesterday’s report)
Myoko Suginohara:
70cm top, 40cm base; -8° (yesterday’s report)
Kyukamura RunRun:
100cm, 1° (yesterday’s report)
Seki Onsen:
150cm, -6°
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
50cm, -3°
Madarao Mountain Resort:
80cm, -6°
Lotte Arai Resort:
215cm, 0.1°
All lifts getting ready
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
60cm top, 40 base; -3°
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 184cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 40cm reported on 2 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.