Yesterday ended up being wetter than hoped with rain falling on and off, lighter and heavier in places around town, for most of the day and into the evening.

It has been a cloudy start to the day in Yuzawa with some rain falling earlier on but holding off as I write this report. It's a mild 5C at the moment and rain is forecast today still and so there is a good chance of that happening... indeed it is actually raining now in Minamiuonuma.

It has been a generally bright day here in Yuzawa, no new snowfall since this morning and perhaps just a chance of a thin layer overnight tonight - up to 5cm higher on the mountains.

We probably got around 15cm of new snowfall since yesterday, and while it was still snowing on and off in the region - especially to the north in Minamiuonuma - earlier on, right now the clouds have been clearing up and the sun is out. The local forecast still has snow for today, so the clouds could well come back.

Now this is better! After the wet of yesterday, we are back to snow this morning. Kagura is reporting 30cm of fresh snow and here in town I'd say there's 15cm or so, give or take. It is colder too with temperatures down to around -3C in the town here and unlikely to rise much above that during the day today.

This morning light snow is falling high up at Kagura, but it is raining in town and in lower areas. Lots of the snow that was around last week has now unfortunately gone. So not what I wanted to report this morning, but we are hoping that it will be snowing before long as the temperatures drop as the day moves on and snow is likely into tomorrow as well.

It was raining for most of the morning yesterday, quite heavy at times, though it did ease off in the afternoon and we were left with a cloudy day. It is around 2C this morning in Yuzawa and the sun is out. Some cloud hanging around bit it should be a fine morning here, with temperatures rising to around 7C later on this afternoon.

The sun was out for pretty much all of yesterday and it turned out to be a lovely day. We haven't escaped the rain though, as it has been raining since early morning in Yuzawa. It does seem to be trying to snow so looks like sleet coming down at times and indeed higher up the mountains it is snowing a wet kind of snow.

Today marks the first day open for a number of ski resorts around town. It's a cloudy start to the day but quite bright with the sun even casting shadows at times - and more importantly the rain that was forecast is holding off for now. In fact the rain has dropped off the forecast for today, though hanging about as a chance into early tomorrow. Hopefully we can avoid it.

The sun is out and we have blue skies all around the region this morning - it has certainly started off as a beautiful day and may well be until the lifts close though cloud is due to move in later on. It is relatively mild too with a temperature of around +4C here in town early on, and a high of +7C likely.

The snow clouds remain in the area. Yesterday it was on and off, and in the evening there were some really nice big snowflakes coming down from the sky. About 70cm of untouched snow behind SJ World Headquarters in Minamiuonuma.

Yesterday in the morning the clouds parted for a while and we were treated to some brilliant blue skies for a while. Everywhere looked gorgeous. Clouds eventually moved back in and overnight there has been some new snowfall, up to 10cm and Kagura reporting up to 20cm.

More snow has fallen since yesterday. I have had to move about 20cm off the top of the car last night and there's another 10cm or so on there this morning. The snow has eased off now and we have a curious mix of weather in the region.

Good morning from Yuzawa and what a good one it is as well. Winter feels like it has suddenly properly arrived. Both in Yuzawa and neighbouring Minamiuonuma, we were promosed lots of snow for the weekend and it was looking like we might have been left out of the fun but since yesterday afternoon the snow was turned on and by the evening I had to move 30-40cm off the car outside my house.