I am guessing that this morning is the coldest of the season so far. Extremely cold outside, and when I got up earlier the thermometer was telling me it was -12 degrees.

Not so cold this morning just under 0 degrees at the minute. I have a few cm of fresh snowfall to report from base, so hopefully a bit more than that higher up.

Another cold morning in Zao and another 2cm or so of snow down here at base.

This morning starts as we had yesterday. Some cloud, some blue sky, some sun. Nice.

Great day yesterday with blue skies and some cloud for most of the day, nice and bright.

40cm. Oh yes. 40cm here in the car park outside and I am more than happy to get out there and shovel it.

Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu, and a very Happy New Year to you all.

A few cm of new snowfall again in Zao, no wind, a mild 0 degrees and cloudy/foggy conditions with snow falling still.

A few more cm of fresh snowfall this morning to report from Zao Onsen. At the moment it isn't snowing but it's very cloudy with generally poor visibility.

A snowy morning in Zao with at least another 10cm outside here, so hopefully up to double that in higher places on the mountain.

It's a very cold morning in Zao. -5 degrees earlier and not much 'warmer' now!

A cloudy start to the day and just another thin layer of snow down at base, 1cm.

Yesterday I was out on the mountain and found lots of packed powder conditions but lots of untouched as well.

It's a cold and snowy morning here in Zao. Just a few cm of new snowfall as it continues to fall this morning.