It is actually snowing this morning. The road outside here in Hasuike is damp rather than covered with snow but there has been a slight layer.

Some dusting of snow - enough for 1cm added to this report, but roads are clear.

A little more snow to report since my last report and this last day of March, and last day of operations for nine ski areas in Shiga Kogen.

Fresh snow on the ground with up to 10cm or so in places. It is really colder too, which is such a contrast with the real warmth of recent days.

We got some foggy/rain kind of thing going on last night but this morning the sun is out and it is going to be another warm spring day.

It's lunchtime and after a cold start has been warming up, though not too much.

This is something of a surprise... as much as 30cm of new snowfall.

Fine and much calmer weather after the stormy weather of yesterday.

Not quite as windy this morning, but still windy.

We have some stormy conditions here this morning with a strong southerly wind and some snow coming down and being blown around too.

Brighter earlier on but a bit of snow now.

The snow eased off yesterday with Yakebitaiyama this morning reporting 5cm.

Good morning from Shiga Kogen where it is very cold and snowing quite heavily as I put this report together.

It was a windy morning yesterday. Thankfully it improved during the day and this morning there is a more normal northerly wind, but ski areas should be opening.