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Nozawa Now: Wednesday 28th January 2026

  • Jan 28
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 516cm

Posted on Wednesday 28th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa and the fresh snow is back.


Ski area reporting up to 30cm on upper areas this morning and I have measured 17cm.


It feels a bit windy out but the ski area appears to be opening as planned.


Consistent snowfall across the week ahead, according to forecasts.


I really miss the inflatable Naski thingy on the Hikage slopes. What they have now is still Naski-green (as you can see below), but it just doesn't have the character! Not that I ever used it, of course...


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

Yamabiko: 30cm

Uenotaira: 27cm

Hikage: ?cm

Nagasaka: ?cm

Karasawa: ?cm


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

Yamabiko: 260cm

Uenotaira: 220cm

Hikage: 150cm

Nagasaka: 145cm

Karasawa: 130cm


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


Information on the ski area:


Nozawa Now

2025-2026 season

Data as of Wednesday 28th January 2026


Total snowfall at base

516cm

Number of days snowfall observed at base

31 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

367cm reported on 19 days




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