A nice 8cm of fresh snow on the ground to report too.

When I got up it was snowing lightly but as I'm typing this, it is actually coming down rather quickly.

It's a good one with a haul of around 14cm of fresh snowfall I am measuring on the ground since last night.

As I write my report this morning from here in Hasuike, it's bright with good visibility over to Higashidateyama.

Some fresh snow to enjoy yesterday - I'm hearing up to nearly 10cm on the slopes in places.

It's December and things should start getting going more and more now as the weeks pass.

I was away but it seems that both Ichinose Family and Takamagahara Mammoth 'pre-opened' over the weekend.

Good morning from Shiga Kogen where there's another impressive layer of snow to report.

The 2017-2018 snow season officially started here on Saturday (18th) with the Kumanoyu area of Shiga Kogen operating the Number 2 pair lift.

The sun is out and the start to the season is looking bright too, with Kumanoyu announcing that it will indeed be part open from tomorrow.

It's cold. It feels like winter. And, most importantly, it's snowing!

It's getting winter-like cold once again up here in Shiga Kogen and, not for the first time this season, it has been snowing this morning!