This morning I have 9cm of lovely fresh snowfall to report. It is a cold morning too so conditions should be fairly decent.

So, after that limited opening of the Niseko Village ski area yesterday, today sees the other ski areas opening.

Today is officially the first day of the ski season here, if you take that as being the day when the first ski lifts start up.

After a kind of gloomy stretch of warm and wet, I am happy to report that there is some fresh snow to report this morning.

Yesterday later on in the day it was noticeably less cold and that rise in temperatures resulted in some rain down at base.

Good morning from Niseko and I have more snow to report. I just measured 18cm of it.

The exciting snow news continues with another decent layer to add to what I reported yesterday.

I have excellent news to share!

Morning. And yes, there is more snow to report this morning.

Less than two weeks to go now and I am happy to report that is it snowing!

Hello and good afternoon from Niseko. It has been a while hasn't it.