Very light snow is falling, and the sun is intermittently shining.

That nice weather yesterday did indeed turn to snow later in the day. Just as the Niigata Prefecture forecast called it, we got about 15cm of pretty wet snow, but nice all the same.

Powder! Yes, that March snow has come again, just when a lot of people have left the country (and the Japanese start getting distracted by the cherry blossoms starting to come up from the south and west. It's not spring yet!).

The official snow report from Niigata has regained our trust and support today.

It's almost perfect out today; nearly 30cm of fresh snow overnight on top of what we got through the day yesterday, the clouds lifting to let the sun in; a forecast that says more snow ahead.

The snow is back, and a little more than the prefecture's forecast of 10cm.

Just like the forecasts said, it's snowing today.

Not a lot of snow through the day yesterday.

Very light snow has continued since yesterday, but has resulted in only a few cm of new snow.

It was pretty out there today, with all the snow sticking up in the trees.

The day is starting sunny in Myoko, not too warm, not too cold.

Wind and pretty heavy snow, after a day of heavy rains yesterday (the hut roof was a'ringin with the sound of raindrops through the day).

Some good snow overnight (and a hasty report...gotta get out there!).

It is trying very hard to snow today, after a day of pounding rain and wind.