Hello, and welcome back to the Niseko Now reports!

I don't have any new cm to report to you but it is actually snowing lightly this morning.

Around 15cm of new snowfall this morning in the village. Nice and cold with a temperature of -7C at the moment.

Two lifts are moving at Niseko Grand Hirafu this morning and the season in Niseko has officially started. Hirafu are saying that they have 90cm of snow on the upper slopes and 45cm on lower slopes. The Ace No2 Quad (Center 4) and Ace No3 Pair lifts are the ones taking people with wide smiles up the mountain as I write this.