It has been getting colder in Nozawa the last week or so and today while the sun is making an appearance, it's a fairly chilly day with a high of only around 11 degrees this afternoon. Temperatures overnight in the village have been dipping down to around 6 degrees, and getting excitingly close to zero up on the top of the mountain.

Tomorrow will likely be a bit warmer and more sun, but Sunday is looking promising for the first signs of snow.... up on the mountain anyway, as it will probably be rain down in the village but will getting that bit colder once again.

It is of course full on autumn season now and a fair few people around Nozawa. Locals are juggling dealing with that with making their preparations for the winter season. It won't be long now. Hopefully by the end of this month we'll be seeing some action.