Yuzawa Now: Thursday 5th March 2026
- Mar 5
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this seas 891cm
Posted on Thursday 5th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
After the rain turning into snow last night, we have some fresh snow cm this morning!
I've done my best, but after spending over 30 minutes trying, I cannot find one ski area that is telling us how much fresh snow they have received since yesterday. Why is that information not seen as important? Drives me nuts! (The latest social media post by Naeba ski area is about their 'strawberry fair' event a few days ago). Are these operations not ski areas, appealing to folks who get excited about skiing and snowboarding on fresh snow?
Mini rant over, the only fresh snowfall number I have to report is my own. 8cm in town, and less to the north in Minamiuonuma (2-3cm at SJHQ). The Japan Meteorological Agency is also showing 7cm at their measuring point in Yuzawa.
Perhaps 10+cm in higher elevations?
Good to see snow on some trees and that fresh white look again.
More over the weekend and early next week?
(A handful of cm is welcome any day, but what we could really do with is a 20+cm layer. Obviously).
Kagura is still struggling with wind today - the Tashiro Area will be closed again today with Kagura open up to the Kagura gondola (via Mitsumata). They are not reporting any fresh snowfall numbers.
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 5th March 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 891cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 595cm reported on 23 days February 2026 snowfall 132cm reported on 13 days March 2026 snowfall 8cm 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.