We have had a light dusting of snow overnight in Nozawa Onsen; not much, just 1cm being reported by the resort up at Uenotaira (and 0cm in other areas).

We have had a further 10-20cm of fresh fall since last lifts yesterday and combine with yesterday's persistent moderate to heavy falls it will be certain that there will be some powder stashes about the resort today.

It looks like we have some fresh powder falling in Nozawa Onsen this morning.

It's the first official day of spring and the temperatures have almost spiked from this warm spell with a freezing level sitting at about 2000m.

Last day of winter (officially!) and it's another warm spring-like day here in Nozawa Onsen. We have some partly cloudy conditions and the forecast suggests a full bluebird later this afternoon.

Eyes were almost glued to the windows this morning at breakfast time, because we have an absolutely stunning day today in Nozawa Onsen.

We had very strong winds shut the entire top half of the mountain almost all day. Combined with the weekend crowds it was a little hectic in the lift lines.

There is moderate snow falling in the village here in Nozawa Onsen this morning. It remained clear for most of last night and everyone subsequently went to bed not expecting too much in the morning.

The base has cracked the four meter mark in style overnight here in Nozawa Onsen with 30cm of fresh powder falling since last lifts yesterday.

We have a partly cloudy bluebird morning with a fresh top up of powder - 15cm of snow across the mountain.

Since last lifts yesterday we have had over 30cm fall across the resort and it is still falling as of 7:30am. Looks like today is going to be one of those days to be up there.

A bit of a surprise bluebird day here in Nozawa Onsen. Combined with 10cm of overnight falls across the resort and small weekday crowds it should be an good day for skiing and boarding.

At the moment we have some light snow flurries and light winds here in Nozawa Onsen.

It is a bright and blue sunny day here in Nozawa Onsen.