First up. Wind is affecting the ski area this morning with the top area closed... at least at the start of the day.

This morning it is cold and snowy. Hurray!

Clouds hung around yesterday rather than a general clear up, and we have another cloudy kind of start to the weekend.

Hello from Nozawa and it's a beautiful morning with clear blue skies and bright sunshine.

There's more snow to report, with nearly 40cm on the top areas of the mountain since yesterday morning.

After that beautiful Sunday, I think it's going to be a good start to the week.

Good morning from Nozawa. And what a beautiful Sunday it promises to be.

Here at base as of 8:15am, it is snowing, though just very lightly at the moment.

Yesterday all that new snowfall allowed the ski area to open up more, including runs that connected the top area with base.

Good morning from Nozawa, and I have some very good news this morning.

This morning the ski area is reporting 7cm and 18cm of fresh snow from upper areas (sounds a lot); none from down below early on but there is a bit.

Good morning and happy new year from Nozawa.

It is cloudy, there is some light rain across the region and it is just under 2C at 8am.

After a very fine day yesterday, the ski area is reporting 9-10cm of fresh snow on upper areas overnight.