Nozawa Now: Sunday 1st February 2026
- Feb 1
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 589cm
Posted on Sunday 1st February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Just a little snow to report this morning.
It is snowing now but quite bright too; at least down at base. It feels like the sun might be trying to break through the clouds, but it may only be temporary.
The snow clouds are due to be over the region until tomorrow with some clearer weather upcoming in the middle of the week. That will be great - as long as it stays cold!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: ?cm
Uenotaira: ?cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 280cm
Uenotaira: 245cm
Hikage: 180cm
Nagasaka: 170cm
Karasawa: 160cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Sunday 1st February 2026 Total snowfall at base 589cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 438cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day |
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.