The snow was falling most of the time yesterday and overnight, but this morning just a few cm of new snow to report in the village.

It was a colder early morning in Hakuba, down to around -3C overnight and currently hovering around 0C, though likely to rise to around 6C later on in the day.

Welcome to the weekend in Hakuba. Not the best of starts really from a weather point of view.

It is a very lovely, clear and crisp morning in Hakuba early on today.

There's not a whole lot of new snow to report this morning since yesterday and the heavy snowfall that we have been experiencing since the weekend seems to have eased off now.

We had another 3-5cm of snow earlier on this morning in the village and about 20cm above 1200m, and it continues to snow this lunchtime.

You want snow? We got it! It has been an amazing few days for snowfall in Hakuba and I hope that some of you have been able to enjoy it.

Now this is definitely more like it! Lots of snow to report in Hakuba and a good 30cm or so in village areas.

I bring good news! It is a very snow morning here in Hakuba. Yes, the snow is coming down very nicely this morning

Last night the snowfall was around 2-3 cm but strong winds blew a lot of that snow off the main mountain at Happo-one which is around 90cm.

As expected, it snowed a fair bit last night with 30 cm of fresh snow reported above the 1600m level. Around the village around 3cm of fresh snow is on the ground.

It is a beautiful morning here in Hakuba - bright and clear with thin layers of cloud, but the blue sky is dominating proceedings today. Today is a blue bird day!

It started snowing in the early hours of the morning in Hakuba. We have fresh snowfall of perhaps between 3-7cm (and counting) across the valley at the moment.

The weather today here in Hakuba is cloudy with patches of blue sky, rising to around 6 degree Celsius.