Yuzawa Now: Thursday 22nd January 2026
- Jan 22
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 58cm
Snowfall at base this seas 509cm
Posted on Thursday 22nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Excellent news this morning, everyone.
With 16cm of snow on the top of the car yesterday evening (wiped off), there's another 42cm there this morning.
So that is 58cm since yesterday morning, with what looks like much more to come across the coming days. (There's actually even more than a bit to the north at SJHQ in Minamiuonuma. Sounds like areas a bit further north/north-west are really getting pounded!)
Another few days of this and our situation will have been transformed, in a very good way. Keep going, please!
The snow depth numbers below are largely not updated this morning. I would expect the snow depth numbers to increase quite a bit imminently, but it's worth pointing out that sometimes there's a bit of a delay in these things. They are kind of not important.
What is important is... it's snowing!
(Looks like the Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed today).
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 22nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 509cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 58cm (on 12th and 22nd January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 353cm reported on 14 days |
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.