Zao Now: Thursday 4th January 2018
- Jan 4, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 6, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 288cm
Posted on Thursday 4th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
A few cm of good quality light snow on the ground on this cold morning.
Snow falling now with limited visibility in places, but it doesn't look like there should be much so conditions out on the slopes should be very good.
Fewer people expected today as the New Year holidays come to an end though next Monday is a national holiday in Japan so we have another "long weekend" coming up... expect Zao to be busy.
Zao Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 4th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 288cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (on 25th November and 28th December) November 2017 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 193cm observed on 19 days January 2018 snowfall 29cm observed on 4 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Zao Onsen. 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.