Yuzawa Now: 1st October 2026
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Good morning everyone.
After the long and hot summer we seem to have had a lot of unsettled weather over the last few weeks. Personally, I’m looking forward to some lovely autumn weather as we continue with our updates to the site.
There isn’t much news to report just yet. Kagura has announced that it plans to open on Saturday 28th November (arguably one week later than usual), and GALA Yuzawa has announced that its Southern Area will not be operating this coming season. More on that here.
If you plan on following the Yuzawa Now reports, this is the page to bookmark:
That is where you’ll find a link to the latest report, along with all of the archive data and the snowfall data visualisations. If you haven’t already checked it out, do take a look.
I don’t have a full list of planned opening dates yet, but if you’d like to get an idea of when ski areas usually open, you can find previous opening dates on individual ski area listing pages, as well as on these handy charts from the last few seasons:
It’s still very early, and even bordering hot on some days. Updates to the site are ongoing. Winter is coming... but let's enjoy autumn in the meantime!
When the reports get going properly there will be webcam images added and temperature data, etc.
I’ll be back later this month with more updates.
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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.