Nozawa Now: Wednesday 7th January 2026
- Jan 7
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 237cm
Posted on Wednesday 7th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Just a bit of a dusting really since yesterday, with the ski area reporting 5cm at Yamabiko.
I think I was expecting clearer skies this morning, but maybe it will become so as the morning progresses. Right now there is a lot of cloud around and a bit of a southerly wind.
Snow forecast for tomorrow - possibly heavy - and then clearer skies again on Friday.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday afternoon (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 5cm
Uenotaira: 4cm
Hikage: -cm
Nagasaka: -cm
Karasawa: -cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 160cm
Uenotaira: 135cm
Hikage: 90cm
Nagasaka: 80cm
Karasawa: 75cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating except Challenge pair and Utopia pair
Courses that are not available:
Mukobayashi
Hachiman
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 7th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 237cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 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 88cm reported on 6 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.