Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 12th November 2025
- Nov 12, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Posted on Wednesday 12th November 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We have had a fair amount of rain (and some snow higher up) in recent days but today is a beauty.
Full on autumn colours and that sprinkling of snow on the top. Beautiful.
Kagura still has a bit of snow cover (looks like it might be about 10cm+ or so) and still has a planned opening date of 22nd November. Of course, whether the ski area is able to open or not will depend on how the weather pans out over the next 10 days. A cold front is due early next week.
The official course map of Kagura is now available. One thing I quickly noticed:
The Mitsumata Number 2 quad lift - the one close to the top station of the Mitsumata Ropeway - is still 'sort of' shown on the map, but it is not named like the other lifts. It is still on the list of ski lifts on the official site, too, but no opening times are shown. Is that lift being abolished? I can't find any kind of official announcement. Situation unclear.
I'm not saying this is the case here, but sometimes ski areas tend to be a bit shy talking about things like this, and just do it on the quiet. We'll try to find out what the situation is.
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Here are the planned opening dates for ski areas around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. All dates are subject to change and will depend on snowfall.
Saturday 22nd November 2025:
Kagura (via Mitsumata)
Saturday 6th December 2025:
Joetsu Kokusai
Saturday 13th December 2025:
Naeba
Yuzawa Kogen
Friday 19th December 2025:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Kandatsu Snow Resort
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 20th December 2025:
GALA Yuzawa
Iwappara
Kagura (Tashiro)
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Wednesday 24th December 2025:
Muica Snow Resort
Late December 2025:
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Nakazato Snow Wood
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All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. 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.