Nozawa Now: Sunday 8th February 2026
- Feb 8
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 624cm
Posted on Sunday 8th February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
We have a bit of sun this morning.
Wasn't it supposed to be snowing?
There is cloud around, too, and we are still forecast snow through the day today. Perhaps imminent, looking at the movement of clouds.
Wind might get stronger later on in the day, too.
It will be interesting to see if we actually get it, and how much.
Since yesterday the ski area seems to be reporting 13cm of fresh snow; just several down at base.
It's certainly cold.
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Fresh snowfall since yesterday morning (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 13cm
Uenotaira: 11cm
Hikage: ?cm
Nagasaka: ?cm
Karasawa: ?cm
Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):
Yamabiko: 270cm
Uenotaira: 230cm
Hikage: 150cm
Nagasaka: 145cm
Karasawa: 125cm
Scheduled lift operations:
All operating
Courses that are not available (when the ski area is operating as normal):
All open
Information on the ski area:
Nozawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Sunday 8th February 2026 Total snowfall at base 624cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 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 438cm reported on 22 days February 2026 snowfall 37cm reported on 5 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.