It continues to snow this morning but visibility seems fairly decent in most areas.

Yesterday there was a break in the clouds around the middle of the day but it was back to snow by the evening with about 10cm overnight.

We have made it to the last day of 2020.

Well, there's a lot of rain in the region this morning but it has quickly become snow here and right now it is snowing.

All ski areas in Shiga Kogen are now officially open from today, according to the official website.

I was just over at Okushiga and the snow was coming down at a good rate. We are expecting snow today and potentially quite heavy overnight tonight.

If the official site is up to date this morning, it would appear that all of the ski areas in Shiga Kogen apart from the following are now at least part open...

It's whiteout conditions at the moment in areas of Shiga Kogen.

Hello from Shiga Kogen on this morning that feels like mid-winter.

The peak of that snow event has moved on and we are just cloudy this morning. Quite bright actually.

I was reporting some modest numbers in the last few reports and mentioning that we weren't perhaps getting as much as other areas.

The snow clouds have remained over the region but again our numbers aren't as large as you might expect looking at some other places nearby.

Lots of snow in the region but actually less so up here in Shiga Kogen. Sometimes that happens.

A blanket of 10-15cm on the ground since yesterday (Kumanoyu reporting 15cm.