We did get some rain yesterday but it stopped overnight and we have just a cloudy morning.

Today is Showa Day and a national holiday in Japan.

Some limited to poor visibility at times yesterday at Kagura, but thankfully it is much clearer this morning with blue skies.

As noted in an update to the last report, Sunday 26th April was the last day of the season for skiing at Ichinose Family.

It's a rather cloudy morning, but quite bright in places.

I was woken at just before 5:30am this morning by a bit of a wobble; a fairly strong earthquake in the central-southern (is that a word) region of Hokkaido.

It's another fine morning with mostly clear blue skies and just a touch of thin cloud.

It got a bit windy yesterday (again). After a quite cold night, today starts bright and sunny with not much wind.

It's a sunny start to the weekend and after a few days of somewhat colder weather, it should be warming up to over 20C today and tomorrow.

Hirafu ski area appears to be reporting 'snow' up top, and just cloud down at base (which is what I observe).