Very poor visibility up on much of the mountain at the moment. So much so that Yamabiko A/B/C/D/E are closed.

After some snow early yesterday, we had a bit of wet during the day, but this morning things are a bit clearer and a bit calmer.

It is still snowing lightly this morning.

Get this... this morning the ski area is reporting 70cm of snowfall since yesterday on the top Yamabiko area of the mountain.

It's snowing. Already 3-4cm on the ground. Lots more to come into tomorrow - looks like it is happening.

This morning there is a lot of cloud around, but there's some blue ski to see, too, and the sun is out. It is thankfully much calmer than yesterday.

It's 8am and the situation is still a bit unclear still this morning.

There was more snow during the day yesterday, especially on the mountain -- a decent amount too.

This morning Nozawa Onsen is saying that there's a whopping 45cm of snowfall up on the top areas!

Fine weather across the region this morning, but it might not last all day. It is a cold early morning but it will likely end up being a rather mild day.

What a few days it is turning out to be!

A good old traditional-sounding 30cm of fresh snow being reported by the ski area meaning we should have some fine conditions to enjoy this morning.

Since yesterday the ski area has reported up to 15cm of new snowfall on the upper areas of the mountain, with 5cm of that since mid-afternoon.

Since yesterday the ski area has reported up to 30cm of new snowfall on the top area of the mountain (and 5-10cm down to base).