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.

It was on the national news last night so you might have seen it if you are in Japan, but lots of Hokkaido was enjoying some mid-winter conditions with lots of snow falling.

It's Saturday morning and there's a 15cm of lovely fresh light snow on the ground outside my place this morning.

Hello again and I have another 10cm of fresh snowfall to report to you this morning outside my place here in Hirafu.