Yuzawa Now: Friday 26th December 2025
- Dec 26, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this seas 104cm
Posted on Friday 26th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow started early morning and as if 9am it is falling very nicely and quickly piling up. My measurement so far is 7cm. It's not expected to still be snowing by this time tomorrow, but all being well I'll have a decent number to report tomorrow morning.
If it does continue, we can expect at least some of the ski areas that are still on standby to open to actually get part open tomorrow. At this point, that is just a guess.... other than Maiko Snow Resort which has confirmed that it plans to open tomorrow morning.
Lots might change between now and tomorrow morning, so the information listed below might quickly be out of date. We'll be sure things are good once things calm down.
There was some strong wind early morning.
Kagura is open up to Kagura Gondola and the Tashiro Area is closed. Due to wind.
Ishiuchi Maruyama and Yuzawa Kogen both closed for skiing/snowboarding today (largely due to snow). Hopefully will re-open very soon.
Apologies for the somewhat fragmented report this morning!
What's important is that we are getting some snow. May it continue.
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GALA Yuzawa
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
30cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Central Area: Gondola, Barouche quad, Sociable quad, Phaeton pair, Coach pair
Northern Area: Victoria quad
Courses scheduled to be open:
Central Area: Melody, Entertainment, Gigi, Grenoble
Northern Area: Broadway
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Ishiuchi Maruyama
Closed
Closed today
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Joetsu Kokusai
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
30cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
7 lifts
Courses scheduled to be open:
4 courses
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Kagura
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Base: 60cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
4 of 18 lifts
Courses scheduled to be open:
5kan of 30 courses
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Part open
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
A Lift (pair)
B Lift (quad)
C Lift (quad)
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 50cm
Base: 5cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Ropeway
Number 3 pair
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Naeba
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 60cm
Base: 30cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
6 of 12
Including Dragondola connecting Naeba with the Tashiro Area of Kagura
Courses scheduled to be open:
10 of 24 courses
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Yuzawa Kogen
Part open
Closed for skiing/snowboarding
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Yuzawa Park
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 5cm (still!)
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Number 7 lift
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Delayed (and will open as soon as there is enough snow):
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Iwappara
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Nakazato Snow Wood
Thursday 25th December 2025:
Hakkai Sanroku
Chateau Shiozawa
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 26th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 104cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 21cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 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.