Good morning from Niseko on this New Years Eve morning.

I have 14cm of fresh snow to report this morning here by my base in Hirafu.

Just three more days left in 2016; the mind boggles at how fast things whizz by. (And how you actually spell 'whizz'!)

Yikes it was cold when I got woken up for some reason at 6am this morning.

Yesterday... it did get a bit too mild for snowfall and... it rained.

Good morning from Niseko and a very Merry Christmas to you all.

Good morning to you all and Merry Christmas!

Oh dear. It's raining.

Talking about white fluffy things, where's the fresh snow then?

There is just a small amount of snowfall to report falling since my report yesterday and it is looking like we're now going to have a run of a few days without any fresh.

A very good, cold and snowy morning to you from Niseko.

A very good morning to you from here in the Niseko region, and what a morning it is.

Hello from Niseko base here and after that run of much colder temperatures, it is a much warmer start to the day this morning.

Hello and a Happy Monday morning to you from here in Niseko, and it is a very cold one too.