Hello from Nozawa and the weather is pretty miserable this morning... rain and fog.

And now we are just down to the top runs of the resort being open as the snow continues its retreat. You need to get the Nagasaka Gondola back down to base from the top area.

From Saturday (9th) the lifts will be closing 30 minutes earlier than now, which basically means that the Gondola will be open from 8:10am until 3pm, last down at 3:40pm.

The resort still is going to keep on going though and it may just be 'the top' that remains open but that area in itself is larger than quite a few ski resorts in Japan.

Let's hope the weather improves - and it should do with clearer and sunnier conditions expected from tomorrow and over the weekend.

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Official info at time of writing on Thursday 7th April 2016 (subject to change):

Official snow depths:

Yamabiko: 95cm
Uenotaira: 25cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm

New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:

Yamabiko: 0cm
Uenotaira: 0cm
Hikage: 0cm

The following courses plan to be open:

Yamabiko A - 1300m
Yamabiko B - 800m
Yamabiko C - 850m
Yamabiko D - 1250m
Yamabiko E - 1000m
Kokenashi

The following lifts plan to be operating:

Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko Number 2 Four
Uenotaira Four
Paradise Four

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Nozawa Onsen 6 day weather and snow forecast

Nozawa Onsen main resort data