I'm very happy to report some very good snowfall overnight.

More snow to report this morning.

Good morning from Yuzawa and a happy new year to all readers and friends of SnowJapan.

The forecast got it quite wrong for a period of yesterday when the skies cleared and we got some bright blue skies for a while.

After some fine weather yesterday and fairly mild conditions after the cold start to the day, we start this morning with some ominous looking clouds.

So we are into the last few days of the year now and we have lovely weather this morning. The sun is out and we have clear blue skies.

We don't have what we would consider 'normal' (large) amounts of snow just yet, but there were some fine conditions to enjoy yesterday.

I recall many times in these reports over the years when I have said how quickly things can change. This is one of those days.

The snow started early morning and as if 9am it is falling very nicely and quickly piling up. My measurement so far is 7cm.

I so very much wish that I could be a beautiful white and fluffy day with all the ski areas open and bustling; everyone having fun.

We have some early morning rain, hoping it will ease off this morning.

It's a fine morning and, of course, we expect fine weather over the weekend... featuring very mild conditions.

We had a kind of wet and drizzly day in town yesterday. Today should be much nicer and we start the day with clear blue skies (with a hint of thin cloud in places early on).

It looks like higher areas might have got at least another light dusting of snow overnight, but nothing down to town level.