Yuzawa Now: Sunday 21st May 2023
- May 21, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 28, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 795cm
Posted on Sunday 21st May 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Today (Sunday 21st May 2023) is the last day of the ski season at Kagura, also meaning that today is officially the last day of the ski season in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region.
With a warm March and most ski areas in the region closing the best part of two months ago, the peak ski season now feels like ages ago... even for us. And it is perhaps surprising how long Kagura has been able to stay open this year. The main course is still good enough to enjoy a last day up there. And there seem to have been enough hardcore spring skiers and snowboarders around to justify it. You've got to admire the effort and determination all round.
Kagura has been open for 165 days during the 2022-2023 season; only Yokoteyama in Shiga Kogen was open longer.
There's really not much to add to the main season wrap-up (below). Yuzawa has been noticeably busier this last season, and the return of foreign visitors - particularly from Asian countries - was also very noticeable. We suspect that next winter there will be a further increase. A bumper season in terms of snowfall, starting early and ending late, would also be perfect. Let's have some of that!
That's it for the Yuzawa Now reports this season. We hope you enjoyed reading them and found them helpful. The reports will be back in November as the 2023-2024 season approaches.
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The Kagura summer slope (Mitsumata) will be open on weekends and holidays from Saturday 15th July through Sunday 1st October and also on 14th and 15th August 2023.
The GALA Yuzawa summer slope will be open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays from Saturday 29th July through Sunday 10th September 2023
Yuzawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Sunday 21st May 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 795cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 51cm (5th January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 123cm reported on 14 days January 2023 snowfall 437cm reported on 20 days February 2023 snowfall 224cm reported on 15 days March 2023 snowfall 11cm reported on 2 days April 2023 snowfall 0cm May 2023 snowfall 0cm |
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.