Yesterday's sunny start turned to snow and some fog up high; today it's sunny below with clouds/fog above the ski areas.

The day has started way more sunny than it should have: snow is falling to the north and east, and is supposed to be falling here as well.

Gentle snow keeps on falling, and the winds have come down.

That snow just keeps on falling, and today it's nice and light (another frustrating day for knee-impinged writer—no ski for me).

As I was waiting for the official town snow reports to come in (reluctantly not having a skiing day today), I was going to say the wind is finally down.

It's no surprise, I guess, to tell you that it's snowing, and the wind is blowing.

It's probably no surprise to anyone anywhere in Japan that it's snowing; seems like the whole country is covered in white.

Snow! The Myoko reporter nails it again, with that prediction of gray turning to snow paying off (he scores!).

A break in the snowfall today, with the sun shining and the hills sparklingly white. Nice.

It's foggy today in Myoko; nothing unusual in that, really. We're near the ocean, we get a lot of fog.

I could be completely selfish and not say that yesterday's snow in the hills was absolutely perfect: settled snow with a deep layer perfect, fresh snow crystals glittering on top.

About 10cm of super-light powder on the front deck this morning; I could have used a broom instead of a shovel to clear it off. Nice.

A small gap in the snowfall this morning; the stars came out after 10 last night, and the sun was shining this morning, even though the temperature was -9.

The drifts are high, the snow is light. It's hard to tell just how much snow fell overnight around the house, with the high winds last night creating great big snow drifts right in front of the door (of course) and around the car.