Went to bed last night not at all happy with the forecasters - it was starry! - however, Bingo, this morning a further 11cms.

It is always good to be woken up by the sound of the road clearance bulldozer (the earlier the better as an indication of how much fell overnight).

The car looked like sugar frosting on a cupcake this morning but, the good news is that it was extremely fluffy powder.

Hello and welcome to the Zao Now reports.

Zao Onsen has announced that today is the last day of the winter season, due to the developing and fast changing coronavirus situation.

Fine weather yesterday, but this morning we are back to limited visibility and... snow with a few cm on the ground around base areas.

We have had some fresh snowfall since my last report! Always nice to see.

Some snow yesterday morning (which I am reporting today).

I was almost snowed in yesterday morning.

After that fine weather and real warmth yesterday, it's back to somewhat colder conditions and a bit of snow. All over the place!

There was 18cm on the top of my car yesterday.

It is snowing this morning. And there is a bit of wind with a few lifts affected.

It is snowing this morning and we have a fresh thin layer of snow on the ground.

There's some snow to report to you this morning and the lower slopes are - perhaps only for a short time - are looking freshly white again.