Good morning from Yuzawa and Merry Christmas!

Mostly cloudy over the region, some quite dark clouds there early on as well.

Snowfall remained half-hearted for much of the morning at least and into the afternoon, though around 2pm it started snowing more heavily.

Yesterday the clouds gradually broke up leaving us early afternoon with lots of blue sky above Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma.

Hello from Yuzawa and for once it's not snowing. Locals breath a sigh of relief.

This storm that is over Japan at the moment is still at the top of the national news.

We did end up with rain yesterday from the afternoon and continuing into the evening.

The snowfall continued yesterday through into the afternoon though it wasn't as determined as it was on Sunday, and by evening the skies were much clearer and people could catch a breath!

It hasn't stopped snowing since yesterday. It's relentless!

Yesterday started off really disappointing, the sun even came out for a few moments time to time and some clear conditions.

There's 15cm of snow on the top of my car this morning. Not as much as I was hoping for really.

No new snow to report this morning.

After that continued snow for most of the day yesterday, this morning it's an absolute beauty. Clear blue skies all round and the sun is out as of 8am.

It has been a Snowtastic 24 hours here, a bit mad to be honest. We have been well and truly snowed on.