Yuzawa Now: Thursday 20th November 2025
- Nov 20, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 12cm
Posted on Thursday 20th November 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa.
It's a beauty of a morning, too, with clear blue skies and much milder conditions.
There's still snow on the ground around my place, but it's probably going to be gone fairly soon.
Yesterday, Kagura was claiming 50-60cm of snowfall on the main Kagura run and 20-30cm at the Mitsumata base. At the time of this report there has not been any announcement yet, but an opening on Saturday definitely seems possible.
UPDATE:
Kagura will open at 8:30am on Saturday... with the main 1500m Kagura run available.
Access to the available ski course will be via Mitsumata Ropeway, Mitsumata Number 1 quad, Mitsumata Number 2 pair and Kagura Gondola, with the main Kagura quad servicing the open ski run.
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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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Data as of Thursday 20th November 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 12cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (on 19th November) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day |
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.