Yuzawa Now: Saturday 22nd November 2025
- Nov 22, 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 Saturday 22nd November 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa.
We had rain overnight in town, heavy at times, and it looks like there might have been some more snow higher up. Kagura are not mentioning any new snow, but they are probably busy... because today is the first day of the ski season up there. Details of what is open below.
The coming week looks like largely clear, maybe some snow into Wednesday morning on the mountain. Nothing major.
Kagura Ski Area
Kagura main course (1,500m length, 30m width)
The Gondola course will also open from 12 noon
The ski run is serviced by the Kagura Number 1 quad lift
Ski lifts
Mitsumata Ropeway (transport)
Mitsumata Number 1 quad lift (transport)
Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair lift (transport)
Kagura Gondola (transport)
Kagura Number 1 quad lift
The ski area is not mentioning any required walking (between lifts), so it looks like you can ski between the lifts.
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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:
NOW PART OPEN
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 Saturday 22nd 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.