Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 8th January 2026
- Jan 8
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 253cm
Posted on Thursday 8th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
It has started snowing early this morning and hopefully the cm will be incoming through the day today. Already 5cm on my car.
Visibility is limited this morning.
Another big change around by tomorrow morning with clearer skies forecast into Saturday, with a return to more snow around Sunday.
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Official snow depths:
Ichinose Family
Official snow depth 80cm
Kumanoyu
Official snow depth 80cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
Official snow depth 70cm
Okushiga Kogen
Official snow depth: 90cm
Shibutoge
Official snow depth 100cm
Yakebitaiyama
Official snow depth: 90cm
Yokoteyama
Official snow depth 60cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 8th January 2026 Total snowfall at base 253cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 43cm reported on 8 days December 2025 snowfall 161cm reported on 13 days January 2026 snowfall 49cm reported on 6 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.