It is another chilly day here in Furano but the early morning temperature of -21c did rise as the sun started to warm things up.

Wrap up well is the order of the day with very cold temperatures in the resort.

It has been a perfect morning in Furano with clear skies, no wind and the sun shining.

The weekend proved to be pretty good overall with a decent amount of fresh snow being deposited on Saturday and then to a lesser amount on Sunday.

Today was unseasonably warm with a high of -2, some of the warmest weather we've seen all year.

It was cold one overnight, but a blast of snow earlier this morning was a good way to wake up to the weekend.

It has started to snow in Furano but the accumulation has not been anything significant and at best there is only a very light dusting visible at base level.

It is extremely cold in Furano today but at the same time very beautiful with clear skies.

It has been an absolutely fantastic morning in Furano with bluebird until late morning and now high cloud moving over the tops.

It is a nice clear day today with sunshine so visibility is excellent.

Early morning there was low cloud covering the mountain but this soon lifted by the time the lifts started up and it has been a clear day with fantastic views.

It's been snowing moderately to heavy all morning, and we're stretching towards 10cm of new accumulation; a welcome surprise for those of you who were up and out there early this morning.

A few centimeters of fresh snow fell overnight, but on the whole it's been a quiet Saturday morning.

There was some light snow yesterday and overnight which has amounted to around 4cm.