The previous Furano correspondent of several years has retired. To where exactly, nobody seems to know, but I’ll go ahead and vote Bali, as that sounds nice.

Welcome back to Furano Now!

Another fine season has finally come to and end, with today being the last day of operation for the 2023-2024 winter.

It is a nice warm spring day with the temperature currently +9c and the day high is expected to reach +18c.

There is a nice layer of 4cm of fresh snow around the base area.

The weather is clear with lots of blue sky and sunshine.

It is snowing heavily right at the moment with 3cm of accumulation in the ski village.

It is not a good day ahead in terms of weather.

It has been snowing moderately overnight. The snowfall has eased up this morning leaving cloudy conditions and a moderate wind.

It is a nice morning with a good amount of new snow at base level.

There was some snow late last night and it has just started snowing again.

It will be mostly cloudy today. Starting off it is clear over the resort and high cloud to the east.

It is a beautiful clear bluebird morning with no wind.

It is snowing heavily and there is 5cm of fresh snow on the ground.