It was a really fine day for opening yesterday with the eager heading up for those first turns of the season early yesterday morning. The snow is by no means deep yet - officially 40cm on the Yamabiko runs - but some pockets of good snow was there to be found and fun was had.

Visibility is fairly poor on the top runs this morning with cloud and fog. Light rain in the village and the resort reporting light snow before opening on the open areas at the top of the mountain. We might get a few cm today, but tomorrow the sun will probably be back and there doesn't look like much chance of decent snowfall through the week. Looks like we will need to be patient for the moment.

Resort operations remain the same today, details below.

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Sunday 1st December 2013:

Official snow depth:
Yamabiko - 40cm
Base areas - 0cm

Lifts
Nagasaka Gondola - 8:40am until 3:30pm
Yamabiko Four lift - 9am until 3:30pm
Yamabiko Number 2 Four lift - 8:55am until 3:40pm

Courses
Yamabiko A course - 1300m
Yamabiko C course - 850m
Yamabiko D course - 1250m
Yamabiko E course - 10000m

Early season 1 day lift ticket special prices until 20th December:
Adults @ 3000 yen
Children @ 1500 yen
Senior @ 2000 yen