It was raining last night but this morning we wake up to a blanket of snow on the ground. I just measured 12cm.

Hello, and welcome back to the Yuzawa Now reports for the 2023-2024 winter season.

Today (Sunday 21st May 2023) is the last day of the ski season at Kagura, also meaning that today is officially the last day of the ski season in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region.

Kagura is still open!

It has actually been quite chilly overnight and this morning, with Kagura reporting 2C as of 7am.

Unfortunately, due to strong winds forecast, Kagura is closed today - meaning that no ski lifts are moving.

As expected, not great weather to start the day with some heavy rain early morning and what looks like foggy conditions up at Kagura.

GALA Yuzawa is now closed, so with only the Kagura ski area now remaining open we are truly in the last stretch of the season.

After a (very) warm day yesterday with temps rising to high 20s, it is much cooler today.

Fine weather again today but again probably hazy conditions due helped along by yellow sand across the region.

Cloudy this morning along with more southerly wind that is affecting things.

There has been a fair amount of cloud around this morning, but it's probably going to be another day of generally fine weather.

Strong winds persisted during the morning yesterday and into the afternoon, with things getting calmer by evening.

It is a really murky and grey kind of morning, and a bit damp too. It's forecast to be a mostly cloudy day.