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Nozawa Now: Monday 26th January 2026

  • Jan 26
  • 2 min read

Updated: Apr 11

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 499cm

Posted on Monday 26th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Quick one this morning to add the snow from yesterday.


Might get some sun tomorrow morning.


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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 20cm

Uenotaira: 10cm

Hikage: ?cm

Nagasaka: ?cm

Karasawa: ?cm


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

Yamabiko: 260cm

Uenotaira: 215cm

Hikage: 185cm

Nagasaka: 175cm

Karasawa: 155cm


Scheduled lift operations:

All operating apart from Challenge pair and Utopia pair


Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):

All open apart from Kamoshika and Tanuki


Information on the ski area:


Nozawa Now

2025-2026 season

Data as of Monday 26th January 2026


Total snowfall at base

499cm

Number of days snowfall observed at base

30 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

350cm reported on 18 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.


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