Nozawa Now: Wednesday 14th January 2026
- Jan 14
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 325cm
Posted on Wednesday 14th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
Just a bit of a dusting of snow overnight really, with some (very) light snow falling as I type this. Perhaps we will get some cm this morning but if we do it will probably dry up by tonight.
A bit of sunshine early tomorrow morning but a fairly mild day is forecast and there might be a bit more rain down in the village tomorrow night going into Friday. All being well that will be changing to snow on Friday.
Curious weather this season.
I probably say that every year.
I will consult with Naski.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: 4cm
Hikage: -cm
Nagasaka: -cm
Karasawa: -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 200cm
Uenotaira: 155cm
Hikage: 95cm
Nagasaka: 90cm
Karasawa: 75cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except Utopia pair and Challenge pair
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 14th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 325cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 176cm reported on 11 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Nozawa Onsen. 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.