Well, can't say I was totally expecting this but we can again add another 10cm or so of fresh snow this morning in Hirafu village area and a temperature of -3C at the moment. There'll be more snow on them there mountains, so perhaps some nice deep places to be hunted down.

It may be March but I have another 10cm of snow to report from Hirafu this morning... Niseko isn't forgetting to be consistent, for now anyway.

Yesterday was a bit of a wild ride, as it was in many other regions of Japan I hear. The Shin Chitose airport and gateway to Hokkaido near Sapporo was closed for a while, messing with the travel plans of more than a few people. It sure has been a dramatic start to March.

Another mild morning here in Niseko, though I have around 10cm of snowfall to report. Perhaps not the prime light powder that Niseko is famous for, but new snow all the same. I'll take it! I see that 15cm of snow is being reported from over in the Moiwa area...

A 5cm or so layer of new snowfall this morning to report from Hirafu on this last day of February. And it's a mild start to the day as well with the thermometer pushing up towards positive numbers.

Sapporo was fun. It's a great city and a visit is highly recommended. And yes, the beer of the same name is fine too.

It is a calm start to the day here. The snow continued falling yesterday, getting heavier later on and in the end of we have another 20-25cm this morning here in the Hirafu village area, most of that by the end of the day yesterday and a bit more overnight.

We have our usual 10cm of new snow since yesterday, and while earlier on apparently the sun was even making an appearance, right now light snow is falling. It's not as cold this morning and right now around -5C. There's not much wind and so all of the mountain should be open as planned.

It's a cold morning here with the temperature at around -10C degrees. We have just over 5cm or so of fresh snowfall to add to our numbers and keep the runs fresh. Perhaps not enough to fill in all of the tracks made in the busy day that was yesterday of course, but better than none.

Good morning and this morning I have another 10-15cm of snowfall to report from Hirafu. Some good consistent snowfall over the last week, which is great of course. We probably have a few more days of similar conditions before clearer conditions around Tuesday and the last few days of the month.

Add another 15cm of fresh snowfall so to the tally here in Hirafu, and add a bit more for the overnight delivery on the slopes of the mountain.

Good morning from Niseko and this time I bring you about 10-15cm of new snowfall and it continues to snow as I write this report.

This morning I bring you news of 20cm of fresh snow at Niseko base. It's colder again with a temperature close to minus 10C a little earlier on.

It is a calm morning here, some very light snow falling at the moment and about 10cm accumulated since yesterday. So light snow early on, but it's due to pick up later on as well as stronger winds. Hopefully we might get away with lift operations not being affected today.