Myoko Now: Friday 5th December 2025
- Dec 5, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 72cm
Posted on Friday 5th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Just a quick pre-season note to keep our snow depths ongoing. It did snow through the day, and very lightly now, but we only got about 17cm of new. Good start to the month, though! Everyone got to try out their snowthrower (“Peter”, in the local slang, although I have no reason why). Mine started the year with a broken tensioning spring, so no hydraulics for a bit until the repairman came. Brand new last year (there’s always something to repair in snow country).
Not going to belabor it much more, but I leave you with a much better photo of dog loving the snow (well, throwing some branch while running madly in the snow). It is fun to see; she goes just crazy running around in the snow. Like us.
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
December 19
Akakura Onsen:
December 13
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick
December 13
Myoko Suginohara:
December 13
Kyukamura RunRun:
December 20
Seki Onsen:
December 23
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
December 20
Madarao Mountain Resort:
December 13
Lotte Arai Resort:
December 13
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
December 24 (? Not entirely clear from website)
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 5th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 72cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 21st November) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 37cm 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.