Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 27th December 2025
- Dec 27, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 46cm
Snowfall at base this season 203cm
Posted on Saturday 27th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
The sun is out!
Some lovely light snowfall yesterday being blown around by strong winds.
Yakebitaiyama has been reporting a whopping 80cm of fresh snow since yesterday.
Kumanoyu is reporting a more modest 20-30cm.
Wind was a factor and so there's places where it's piled up much more than others, but my largely sheltered measuring point has 46cm since yesterday.
A good amount of snow, whichever number you look at.
Extracting exact information can be a challenge, but as far as I can tell from official sources, the only ski area not yet open is Tannenomori Okoji.
All connections are still not fully open yet, but we're getting there. And there's some very nice conditions to enjoy.
(Ignore the silly official snow depth numbers that have either stayed the same or decreased (!) this morning).
Next significant snow due Wednesday.
Shiga Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 27th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 203cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 43cm reported on 8 days December 2025 snowfall 160cm reported on 12 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. 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.