There has been some light snow on and off during the day and a total of 5cm has accumulated on the ground.

The weather has snapped back from a warmish spell that brought with it a fair amount of rain and cleaned up most of the snow lying around the village.

We are currently experiencing a blip in the wintery weather here in Furano.

We have more snow to report in this update with a further 4cm accumulating on the ground overnight.

Yesterday the village was pelted by a significant amount of rain, and temperatures rose up to +6c.

Over the last few days Furano has been blessed with significant early season snowfalls.

Although we have had a taste of wintery weather on and off up until now it seems this time the real winter weather has arrived.

Well, it is that time of year where we are in the run up stage to the 2016-17 ski season.

With the spring weather in full force now the landscape has changed from one of pure white to one of vivid green growth in the fields and the colourful pinks of the cherry blossoms. Winter is over!

Snow cover remains very good on the upper areas and you can still ski top to bottom as we head into "Golden Week" though there's some ground on show on some lower areas.

Presently we have strong NW winds and the occasional flurry of snow. The temperature at base is 3 degrees.

The view from the town looking toward the resort this morning is just picture perfect with not a cloud to be seen over the mountain.

Overnight saw 2cm of fresh snow fall in the village.

A pleasant day abounds in Furano with some nice blue sky and sunshine.