Nozawa Now: Thursday 22nd January 2026
- Jan 22
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 55cm
Snowfall at base this season 407cm
Posted on Thursday 22nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
I have just had a word with Naski, who is a very happy vegetable this morning.
The ski area this morning is reporting a whopping 'up to 70cm' of snowfall. Surprisingly, more down at base than at top. (I wonder if the numbers were swapped by mistake). Anyway, I can't report quite as much as those ski areas numbers, but I can still report a still impressive 54cm.
Marvellous.
But it is one of those mornings when discussing specific numbers seem unimportant. There's a lot of fresh snow everywhere this morning and there's more to come, particularly over the weekend.
Today will of course be great, but next week should be full-on Nozawa goodness for those planning a visit.
More, more, more!!
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 50cm (plus 4cm during the day)
Uenotaira: 56cm (plus 5cm during the day)
Hikage: 70cm
Nagasaka: 70cm
Karasawa: 50cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 235cm
Uenotaira: 190cm
Hikage: 130cm
Nagasaka: 130cm
Karasawa: 110cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except for Challenge pair and Utopia 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 Thursday 22nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base 407cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (on 22nd January) November 2025 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 134cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 258cm reported on 15 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.