The resort reporting 10cm of snow since yesterday and there's a nice fresh snow look to the trees this morning, helped along by the sun shining down on them.

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Nozawa has been on the receiving end of a good dump of fresh snow since yesterday and the resort is reporting an impressive 70cm of snow up on Yamabiko.

We're back to sunny weather this morning in Nozawa.

Hello and good morning from Nozawa. That planned opening date of Saturday 29th November fast approaches.

Morning from Nozawa on this last day of the season.

A bright and sunny but somewhat hazy morning early on.

Sun shines down on Nozawa again this morning.

Trust me to be away for this weekend.

Welcome to the weekend and it's going to be another warm spring ski day here in Nozawa.

We were hoping for snow of course, and we had been eyeing up that forecast on the site from a number of days ago.

Yesterday was one of those best left forgotten wet and rainy affairs, but again I am able to bring much better news to replace that image in the form of fresh snow this morning.

After a cold night the sun is shining and we have blue skies above Nozawa.

After what turned into a wet day yesterday, it's good to be able to report some snow this morning.