A perfect day out there with another 10cm overnight with more to come this afternoon.

The very cold temperatures continue with an extra layer definitely needed.

If you feel the winter chill when you step from the inside to outdoors you will not be alone.

The resort is surrounded by blue skies and temperatures are very cold with -12c at the top.

The forecast snow has arrived and looks like it has settled in for the rest of the week.

The consistent cold temperatures are delivering that famous Furano light dry powder and you can hear the squeaky sound of your shoes on the dry snow as you walk along the streets.

The weather was true to its word with falls right through to around 10pm last night. The powder was really light and dry so we had a great day on the slopes.

It is snowing heavily this morning and there is 7cm accumulation in the village.

With continuing snowfall, Furano Now is starting to wonder if it will ever stop snowing.

There has been at least 20cm of new snow fall in the village since yesterday and it is still forecast to snow through until Saturday morning.

Happy New Year from Furano Now, and what better way to start 2014 than get out on the mountain and carve some turns on the immaculately groomed slopes.

Yesterday was an absolute stunning day with 40-50cm of fresh snow on the mountain which the groomers couldn't get to before the skiers.

Yesterdays flurries ended up as great falls and that continued over night. There will be many smiley faces today with an extra 10cm added to the base.

Moderate falls over night were a bit wet but we have some nice flurry this morning being whipped around.