We got some good snowfall overnight. It was snowing quite heavily in the last few hours of the day yesterday and there was more in the early hours.

We've had some more snow and more of the ski area is opening up.

Good news this morning. Nozawa-like snowfall since yesterday with the ski area.

Happy Christmas! And we have some fresh snow to celebrate it with.

A modest amount of snow overnight - dare I say not as much as we expected, again - but it's due to continue over the next few days, so let's look forward to the prospect of it building up quickly.

After the wet of yesterday, this morning we have another dusting of white down to lower areas.

It is good to see a covering of snow on the ground outside the Nagasaka gondola and other base areas this morning.

There is another very light cover (dusting) on the ground outside the Nagasaka Gondola, and the ski area is reporting 7-10cm of fresh snow on the open upper areas since yesterday.

The ski area has reported 8-13cm of snowfall on the upper areas since yesterday morning (5cm of that during the day yesterday).

More of the ski area is open from this morning, with both Yamabiko quads and also the Uenotaira quad scheduled to be operating. Details below.

The gondola was on hold at the start of the day yesterday due to wind, eventually opening at around 10am.

Season in! Yes, I am very happy to be able to bring the good news that Nozawa Onsen will be opening tomorrow morning.

The sun is out this morning. It's shining down on a thin layer of snow down to the base of the ski area.

There is some snow on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas this morning. Just a bit.