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Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 22nd January 2022

  • Jan 22, 2022
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 26, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 687cm

Posted on Saturday 22nd January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning.


Shiga Kogen is a wide area, of course, so you can get quite different weather happening at the same time in different areas. A good example, early this morning it's snowing over at Okushiga Kogen and a lot of cloud around. In other areas, it's blue skies and sunshine. It feels like the clearer weather will win out for today, though. It's a cold start to the day everywhere and there just a light north westerly wind.


Tomorrow the forecast is for cloud, then back to sun on Monday. Hopefully a calm week that will let people enjoy the great snow we have this time round.


All of the areas will be opening as planned this morning.



Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Saturday 22nd January 2022 Total snowfall at base 687cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 390cm reported on 18 days




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