Snow, snow, snow! Lots of it this morning.

We got some more fresh snow yesterday from around lunchtime onwards. Yakebitaiyama were reporting 20cm early morning.

I am at Okushiga Kogen early this morning and it is snowing quite heavily as I write this report. Nice big flakes, too.

It has started snowing lightly once more giving us a light dusting so far.

Not much of a wind and snow falling early this morning.

I say sunny, but it feels like it won't last with some darker looking clouds hanging around in some directions perhaps waiting to move in.

Good morning from Shiga Kogen. Varying snow this morning.

It's a fine morning across the region.

It's a cold morning here in Shiga Kogen. Brrrrrrrr!

A bit more than a dusting early morning as snow start to (hopefully) setting in for the day.

We have had some varied weather this morning, ranging from snow clouds to patches of blue sky.

Good morning from Shiga Kogen. And what a fine morning it is, too.

It's snowing and we are told to expect a fair amount of it today. This is very good!

Five ski areas in Shiga Kogen are now part open, as below.