Yuzawa Now: Sunday 22nd May 2022
- May 22, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 27, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1338cm
Posted on Sunday 22nd May 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's 22nd May and the last day of the season for the Kagura ski area. That's two months after the first ski area closed for the season! There is still fairly good snow cover on the main Kagura run, as you can see in the photo below.
The weather hasn't been great this last weekend. At 7am this morning Kagura reported rain and a temperature of just +5C. Down in town it probably won't reach 20C today, though the rain has eased off with just a few spots left in places. The day should generally just be cloudy.
Hopefully, we will get some nice weather before the rainy season kicks in. Then it's the hot summer. The Fuji Rock Festival will be held at Naeba (29th-31st July).
There's some summer skiing in Yuzawa as follows:
Kagura (the Mitsumata slope): weekends and holidays between 23rd July and 2nd October (and also 12th and 15th August)
GALA Yuzawa: on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays between 22nd July and 28th August
And then the beautiful autumn.
After that, the countdown to winter.
There are now signs that the Japanese government is planning to be easing up on the international border restrictions in the coming weeks and months. Fingers crossed for good news! We will post major news updates here.
That's it from the Yuzawa Now reports this season.
Reports will resume in November.
Thanks for reading.
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Sunday 22nd May 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 1338cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 101cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 481cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 496cm reported on 21 days March 2022 snowfall 40cm reported on 4 days April 2022 snowfall 0cm May 2022 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.