Unfortunately it did rain yesterday and quite a bit at times as well. Sleet and snow at times and in higher elevations but a real wet feeling to the day.

It wasn't the best of days yesterday in terms of weather and associated conditions.

It's another decent delivery of snow to report this morning after snow on and off during the day yesterday and overnight.

Snow for most of the day yesterday along with a moderate wind, though it didn't actually end up with the amount of snow that you'd think.

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.