The ski area reports 15cm of fresh snowfall on the top Yamabiko area this morning. (There has just been a dusting around base areas).

Down here in the village it looks foggy and we have a thick blanket of low cloud, but up on the top area of the mountain there's some blue sky and even some sunshine.

It's Wednesday 29th November and the first day of the ski season here in Nozawa.

This morning it's fine and sunny. It is a beautiful morning up top, even though early things look more foggy for the moment.

Good news with snow on the ground at base this morning. 10-15cm of it, and it is still snowing, though it might ease off during this morning.

Greetings Nozawa-loving friends. It's really good to be back.

Today (Sunday 7th May) is the last day of the 2022-2023 ski season in Nozawa.

It is fine and sunny this morning and feeling warmer after a bit of a colder morning yesterday. As of 10am it is about 14C in the village.

Yesterday was... very warm!

We have had a cloudy morning and the clouds threaten us with some rain, but it isn't raining yet.

It's quite cloudy early on this morning, but also bright and perhaps it will be sunny during the day too. That's what forecasts say, with clear skies from the start tomorrow and Sunday.

Limited visibility out there on the mountain this morning.

A nice surprise this morning, with over 10cm of fresh snow on the ground, and the ski area is reporting 20cm on upper areas (in addition to the 3cm reported yesterday afternoon).

Well, we got another 20+cm of snow since yesterday on the mountain, according to the ski area, and around 10-15cm around base areas.