Official numbers show Yamabiko reaching 4m of snow this morning.

You like fresh snow? We got it!

The snow started falling sometime early morning this morning in Nozawa and the resort is reporting 5cm of snow on the upper slopes and 10cm down at base.

10cm of snowfall since last night and just cloudy skies to start the day off here. A bit wet lower down but would expect the conditions to be better higer up.

So where's the sun then? Was expecting clearer skies this morning bit it's still grey and cloudy with light snow slowly falling earlier on this morning.

An impressive refresh this morning with 30-45cm of new snowfall being reported by the resort across the mountain.

It's a busy peak season Sunday of course and lots of people around here in Nozawa.

Just a bit of snow overnight here in Nozawa with the resort reporting 5-10cm.

We've got more snow this morning to report, between 20-40cm according to the resort and there's definitely a good new layer of snow to shovel outside here in the village too.

We're seeing a bit of sun this morning. Lots of cloud still, but some breaks in them and some sunshine.

How about a bit more snow? How about 30+cm?

A bit of sunshine and quite a lot of blue sky this morning actually. There's still a fair amount of cloud around but it's really nice conditions this morning here in Nozawa.

Happy New Year from Nozawa Onsen.

Another mixed bunch of weather for us today I think. It was snowing lightly earlier, but stopped now.