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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 6th January 2026

  • Jan 6
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 236cm

Posted on Tuesday 6th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Nozawa and there's a lot of people lining up for the first gondola of the day.


For good reason, too, with the ski area reporting up to 35cm of snowfall since 3pm yesterday. That is around when it started (down at base anyway).


The snow has stopped and there is even a bit of blue sky appearing away from the mountain. Clouds still cover the top areas, though, and it may well still be snowing up there. Visibility looks limited at the start of the day.


Some sun is forecast during tomorrow with more fresh snow due to be falling from the skies on Thursday, with more lined up for late weekend.


The numbers are still relatively low, but it feels like we're into a good pattern now. Let's hope it continues and the snow comes in big numbers.


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

Yamabiko: 35cm

Uenotaira: 25cm

Hikage: ?cm

Nagasaka: ?cm

Karasawa: ?cm


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

Yamabiko: 160cm

Uenotaira: 130cm

Hikage: 90cm

Nagasaka: 80cm

Karasawa: 80cm


Scheduled lift operations:

All operating except Challenge pair and Utopia pair


Courses that are not available:

Mukobayashi

Hachiman


Information on the ski area:


Nozawa Now

2025-2026 season

Data as of Tuesday 6th January 2026


Total snowfall at base

236cm

Number of days snowfall observed at base

17 days

Most snowfall observed in 1 day

50cm (on 27th December)

November 2025 snowfall

15cm reported on 1 day

December 2025 snowfall

134cm reported on 11 days

January 2026 snowfall

87cm reported on 5 days




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