Niseko Now: Wednesday 25th November 2015
- Nov 25, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 26cm
Posted on Wednesday 25th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Hello and good morning from Hirafu and I am happy to report another 18cm of snow measured since my report yesterday morning. It carried on snowing most of the day yesterday and there was some more during the night.
The snow has eased off now though and the sun has actually been making an appearance. It is generally a more grey-tinted clear kind of sky at the moment with some low cloud remaining here and there. The temperature is currently around 0C and shouldn't be rising much above that during the day.
We're expecting current conditions to continue for the next day or so, with snowfall returning tomorrow - and it's looking rather promising as well.
Hopefully it might bring enough for things at Grand Hirafu to open this weekend. Please note though that there is no word just yet on the planned opening of ski lifts - as it stands we need more snow for that - but I will be posting regular reports from now to keep you updated.
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Planned opening dates for the Niseko resorts:
Niseko Grand Hirafu: as soon as there's enough snow
Niseko Annupuri: Saturday 28th November
Niseko Village: Tuesday 1st December
Niseko HANAZONO: Saturday 5th December
'Nighta' should be starting on Saturday 12th December
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Data as of Wednesday 25th November 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 26cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (25th November) November 2015 snowfall 26cm 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 Kutchan/Niseko. 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.