Shiga Kogen Now: Monday 27th May 2019
- May 27, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 747cm
Posted on Monday 27th May 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
After a warm/hot weekend with temperatures reaching around 20C even up here - and 30C+ down in the valleys - today is the last day of the ski season in Shiga Kogen.
Shibutoge will be open today as soon as they have it ready and prepared. They are not being specific about a time, other than to say 'it may be before 1pm'. It seems like they are targeting that time to be the 'latest' and are hoping to be able to actually open earlier than that. There is also no official information on specific lift operations at the moment. But... whatever and whenever it opens, it will be free.
So that's it folks!
Today we will also sign off for the 2018-2019 season. The archive reports are always available by using the links below. So if you want to re-live the season as well as see how previous seasons turned out in Shiga Kogen, it's all there to read.
Shiga Kogen is of course a lovely place to visit over the summer months with the added bonus of being a place to escape the relentless heat of the Japanese summer. Perhaps see some of you up here.
The Shiga Kogen Now reports will be back in the autumn as the 2019-2020 winter season approaches.
Thanks for reading, have a good summer and we hope to see you in November.
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 27th May 2019 Total snowfall at base 747cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (27th January) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 169cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 312cm reported on 23 days February 2019 snowfall 97cm reported on 13 days March 2019 snowfall 106cm reported on 17 days April 2019 snowfall 60cm reported on 6 days May 2019 snowfall 0cm |
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.