Yesterday's windy weather also brought with it 12cm of new snow which has put the slopes back into good condition for this time of year.

It is a picture perfect day with no cloud over the ski area and blue skies highlighting the white of the ski area.

It's been flurrying off and on all day long, but we haven't seen any of the substantial accumulations we've gotten used to seeing over the past several days.

Another page turned on the calendar, and another wintery day in Furano. We're seeing scattered snow showers at the moment, leaving behind more of the white stuff every time the winds change.

It is a glorious morning today with the white snow sparkling in the sunshine and alomost nothing in the way of wind.

Good and bad news for today. The good news is that there has been 10cm new snow since yesterday and the base on the mountain is rapidly increasing.

Yesterdays major event was the rain that fell in Furano and turned the nice snowy streets into slush.

The new week has been welcomed in by a nice dump of new snow.

If yesterday was good today is even better with a nice fresh layer of powder on the upper mountain.

It has been snowing lightly all morning and has just started to come in quite heavy.

It couldn't be more perfect weather for opening day.

It couldn't be more perfect weather for opening day.

It is all good news in Furano with a nice deep carpet of fresh snow all through the village.

The winter weather has truly settled in and we have woken up this morning to find the first significant snowfall at village level.