Nozawa Now: Sunday 7th May 2023
- May 7, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 12, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 829cm
Posted on Sunday 7th May 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Today (Sunday 7th May) is the last day of the 2022-2023 ski season in Nozawa.
The ski area has done really well to remain open until now, with the Yamabiko D (1250m) and Uenotaira (2,000m) runs scheduled to be open today. It's not great weather for the last day. Basically wet with limited visibility on the mountain.
With spring season feeling so long this year, it has been fun to look back on the peak season. I have lots of fine memories and I'm sure many others do too. It was not a classic in terms of amounts of snowfall, but not every season has to be - or can be, right?
It was great to see lots of familiar faces for the first time in a few years too. I don't know what the visitor numbers are for the season, but there were clearly quite a lot more people around this season. All covid-related entry restrictions have now been dropped and I am guessing 23-24 will be a cracker, certainly in terms of Nozawa popularity. And hopefully in terms of snowfall, of course.
Anyway, these are my last words of the season.
I hope you enjoyed Nozawa if you were able to visit, or just enjoyed following the season through these reports if you were looking on from afar.
I will be back in November.
Nozawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Sunday 7th May 2023 Total snowfall at base 829cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 101cm reported on 13 days January 2023 snowfall 388cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 325cm reported on 17 days March 2023 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day April 2023 snowfall 0cm May 2023 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.