Morning from Madarao. And happily it is keeping fairly cold.

A few cm of fresh snowfall to report from Madarao this morning with the resort saying there is around 5cm of new on the slopes.

Wild winds yesterday and a cancelled fireworks display after nighta. I think people were probably glad to get in an onsen yesterday after the conditions out there.

And I'm glad that yesterday is behind us that really turned out to be a not particularly good day! It was windy, it was warm, it was wet and rainy, lifts had to be closed because of the conditions.

Well, it's a warm morning here we are already in the positives. +4 according to my thermometer and it's only going to go up.

Yesterday really warmed up. Too much for my liking, I had to take a few layers off.

To make for a change I have no new snowfall to report this morning from Madarao Kogen.

Another few cm of new snowfall since yesterday and the sun is out this morning.

Monday morning sounds a bit dull but how about 40cm of fresh new snowfall to make it sound more exciting.

It did continue snowing yesterday into the afternoon when we actually got some clearer skies for a while.

Lots of new snow to report this morning from Madarao. The resort themselves are saying more than 30cm, I'd say definitely more than 20-25cm here at base.

More snow to report from Madarao this morning, I'm happy to say.

40cm of new snow. Yes, 40cm.

Not quite as much as expected yesterday with only about 5cm fresh to report this morning.