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Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 31st January 2023

  • Jan 31, 2023
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 26, 2025

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


New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 346cm

Posted on Monday 30th January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


I'm writing this from Okushiga Kogen - and it's really snowing heavily just at the moment. They are reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday, and so are (were) the neighbouring Yakebitaiyama (at 3am). Over to the south, Kumanoyu is reporting 10cm.


Bottom line: fresh snow everywhere and a fair amount of it in places.


This snow is expected to ease during the day today. We might even get some clearer skies later on and tomorrow morning. Before some more snow later tomorrow.


Peak season is great, isn't it.


The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.


Ichinose Family


- Official snow depth: 120cm


Kumanoyu


- Official snow depth: 140cm


Okushiga Kogen


- Official snow depth: 180cm


Takamagahara Mammoth


- Official snow depth: 120cm


Yakebitaiyama


- Official snow depth: 180cm


Yokoteyama


- Official snow depth: 160cm



Shiga Kogen Now 2022-2023 season

Data as of Tuesday 31st January 2023 Total snowfall at base 346cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (25th January) November 2022 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 days December 2022 snowfall 109cm reported on 21 days January 2023 snowfall 231cm reported on 21 days




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