Nozawa Now: Monday 6th May 2024
- May 6, 2024
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 657cm
Posted on Monday 6th May 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Greetings from Nozawa Onsen.
It's Monday, May 6th, the last day of Golden Week and the last day of the official ski season here in Nozawa.
Well, that was the plan. Unfortunately, strong winds are forecast for the day and that is stopping the gondola from opening. The ski areas has announced that it will not be open today. So, effectively, yesterday was the last day of the season. It's not the best way to end, but it can't be helped.
At the end of the season, I always have some curious, mixed feelings. On the one hand, it feels like the ski season has whizzed by—much too quickly. But at the same time, it feels like I have been posting these daily reports for about forever! The spring season, in particular, always seems very long.
Here we are at the end of an 'interesting' season. With less snow than average, a pattern that affected almost all of Japan, the ski area has done very well in remaining open until early May. The unexpected snowfall numbers in March helped out a lot after an uncharacteristically low amount of snow in February.
Nozawa attracted (what I am guessing is) a record number of inbound visitors this past ski season, and the Japanese media has been paying close attention to that. And that number is only going to increase. The contrast in mood from the covid years is pretty drastic!
I tried to get an exclusive interview with our popular bright green skiing vegetable mascot, Naski… but without success. On reflection, perhaps Naski should remain a charismatic enigma. I hope the ski area won’t mind me using a photo of Naski below.
With that, I am going to sign off and take a rest. I hope the summer months don't get too hot and sticky and that next winter brings us huge amounts of beautiful snow.
Thank you for reading the reports. All the reports and all the stats from this season and past seasons can be found using the links above.
See you again towards the end of the year!
Nozawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Monday 6th May 2024 Total snowfall at base 657cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 64cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 21cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 93cm reported on 10 days January 2024 snowfall 219cm reported on 14 days February 2024 snowfall 135cm reported on 16 days March 2024 snowfall 189cm reported on 18 days April 2024 snowfall 0cm May 2024 snowfall 0cm |
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.