Genuine snow down past the highway today; about 10cm at the lifts. Not enough to ski, of course, but it's the first for the season.

Snow is falling at base level; the first of the season! It's not a lot, it's barely white, but it's snow. A quick peek through the fog this morning also showed some pretty white slopes up on the hill.

It's a wintery-looking day up in the mountains today; we've had rain and sun and one of the biggest rainbows I've ever seen here. Looks like it could be snowing up high—hard to say for sure, but it's always fun to look up and think about the coming months.

More 'signs' to report from Myoko where the first snow of the season was walked upon up at Tsubame Onsen (1120m) yesterday morning.