Nozawa Now: Tuesday 16th December 2025
- Dec 16, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 81cm
Posted on Tuesday 16th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Early on this morning there's some low cloud hanging around the village, but up top, the sun is shining and we have mostly blue skies.
Just a little snow to report since yesterday with the next snow due tomorrow night. It doesn't look major, though, and won't be prolonged.
Beyond that, much of Japan looks set to enjoy - or endure as us snow lovers might feel! - a very mild weekend.
I think I caught a glimpse of Naski (our favourite bright green skiing vegetable mascot) doing a snow dance yesterday. Always putting in the effort for the cause!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 2cm
Uenotaira: -cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 120cm
Uenotaira: 75cm
Hikage: -
Nagasaka: -
Karasawa: -
Lifts operating:
Nagasaka Gondola (8:30am-3:30pm; last one down at 4:00pm)
Yamabiko Four quad lift
Yamabiko Number 2 Four quad lift
Uenotaira Four quad lift
Courses available:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Notes:
You need to get the gondola up to (and back down from) the open ski runs.
All base areas are closed.
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Tuesday 16th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 81cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 19cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 7 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.