OK, I know there are those who will doubt the total for today, after the big numbers yesterday.

It is on. The snow is just pouring down, the roads are not plowed, the lifts are just starting to move: it's a snow day.

It turned pretty nice for most of the morning yesterday; in the afternoon, rain came to Joetsu, down by the coast.

Just a little bit of very nice, light snow overnight (thankfully, in a way; caught up on snow clearing. The roofs are safe!).

After one good blast of heavy snowfall early last evening the snow stopped until the very early morning.

Just a little coloring of snow overnight (by locals standards; it still was 5cm of nice light flakes).

More snow. It just kept coming down all night, with a bit of wind as well. All meaning I needed to be ready to clear snow.

The snow never completely stopped yesterday, with very very very light snow continuing to fall during the day.

The snow has just stopped, and we have a little sun now streaming through the clouds.

The snow really picked up this morning, and it's coming down beautiful, fluffy, snowflakey flakes.

The snow has returned, falling pretty steadily now, with a bit of wind from the northeast.

Another early report today; I'm going snowshoeing.

Sunny day, after a pretty gray Monday. Should stay pretty cold, so it's nice to get a little solar radiation, get those roofs all nice and shiny and snow-free and get ready for the next blast!

Hey, I thought it was supposed to be nice out today! Instead we have tiny ice crystals falling, which translates into a gray, foggy morning.