According to my eyes, there has been at least 20-30cm of new snow fall since yesterday. Probably more on the mountain.

The snow clouds moved in later on in the day yesterday and this morning we have around 10cm of new snowfall around Shiga Kogen and the snow is falling now still. It is a cold, snowy and quite windy morning and is likely to continue with similar conditions throughout today.

The sun is out this morning as a steady stream of cars comes up from Yamanouchi to us here in Shiga Kogen. So a bright and sunny start to the day.

Not the chart-busting numbers I was hoping for this morning and nothing more than a thin new layer of snow really to report this morning.

A dusting of snowfall overnight as the rain turned into snow and it is snowing with more conviction now as I am writing this report and already a few cm of snow on the top of cars parked at the ski resorts.

Lovely day yesterday and got quite warm midday. It's even warmer this morning with temperatures above zero. +4 here in Maruike.

Just a fairly thin layer of new snow from yesterday but this morning it's blue skies over Shiga Kogen and while it's still below zero, it's not too far under and so quite a mild start to the day.

Not as clear this morning with a greyer look to things over Shiga Kogen. Low pockets of cloud in places but generally visibility good and the sun trying to shine through the clouds in places.

It's a lovely clear morning in Shiga Kogen, quite the contrast to the conditions that we had yesterday.

More good news this morning, the snow is coming down and the winds are blowing - it feels like a good old winter storm.

Probably 15cm or so yesterday but the snow eased off and overnight no more to report.

The snow has arrived and we're up above 1m of snow at some of the resorts around Shiga Kogen at last. Nice snow too, it's good and cold and if it continues to fall today we should get a decent amount from this.

A bit surprising perhaps but the sun is out over Shiga Kogen and all is calm. A calm before a storm, perhaps?

Morning from Shiga Kogen, where from today more lifts are open and more connections between the different resorts are skiable.