With the dump we had yesterday powder seekers were well catered for all over the mountain.

There is excellent news to report this morning with snow coming down moderately and 12cm of accumulation in the village already.

Yesterday turned out to be a fantastic day with the cloud breaking up early morning and allowing some blue sky and sunshine to break through.

If you were out yesterday and felt cold, don't think it was just you...it was really cold out on the mountain right throughout the day.

Welcome to Sunday morning and it looks like it is going to be a great day ahead.

There is a nice fluffy layer of 5cm in the Kitanomine village so the slopes on the mountain will be refreshed with dry powder.

Looking up at the resort you couldn't describe the morning as anything other than perfect.

Well yesterday was an absolute cracker of a day with cloud lifting early in the morning to reveal a beautiful bluebird day.

The snow tap has been turned on again with 11cm of snow overnight in the village.

It is going to be a great Wednesday with the sun already starting to break through the cloud and the resort sparkling in the sun.

Wow, at -12c in the village it is feeling really cold, but luckily there is no wind whipping around today.

For most of yesterday there was a constant snowfall coming down on the resort, and the village, which meant there was a never ending fresh supply of soft powder on top of the runs.

There's 5cm of fresh snow to report from base here, most of which has fallen in the last couple of hours.

Today is the beginning of the long weekend here in Japan with Monday being a national holiday.