Happily, it turned into snow soon enough and we were left with a few new cm by the end of the day.

Early report today, and it's going to be a clear and sunny one just like the forecast said.

After all that talk of numbers yesterday, get a load of this.

After a few cm of snowfall yesterday, overnight we have 10cm at base, lower runs, and Yamabiko while 20cm of fresh is being reported by the resort on Uenotaira.

Yes, yesterday was a very fine day after that very decent amount of snowfall.

A good old heavy dump of Nozawa snow is always wonderful to witness and the last 48 hours or so has really delivered.

Ah yes, it is a good morning. Lots of snowfall to report this morning.

Good morning from Nozawa and welcome to the weekend.

White out conditions on the top slopes this morning, but more importantly it's snowing.

It's a cloudy morning in Nozawa Onsen.

Nozawa is reporting 10cm of fresh across the mountain this morning, and there's about that down at base.

After seeing the sun and a calm day yesterday during the daytime, snow has been delivered for this morning.

A good morning from Nozawa. It's Sunday and it's the second day of the three day weekend in Japan.... and Nozawa is bustling.

You know when things are going good when you hear people complain about 'too much snow'. Yes I heard that silly comment a few times yesterday.