Good morning from Nozawa.

Just a little snowfall to report during the day yesterday, the resort itself saying there was 4-5cm on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotairs areas.

Sunny skies with some thin cloud lingering as we approach 9am on this Friday morning. That's what we have forecast for the day along with mild temperatures, high of around 5C or 6C in the village.

Tomorrow will be warmer still. Some forecasts seem to be showing the chance of a cloudy day, but local forecasts all point to a 'full on sunny' kind of day.

The fine weather will probably bring a lot of people out and about.

Don't worry, fresh powder fans. It'll be back to snow and plunging temps once again by mid week next week.

I'm just going to enjoy what we got, while we got it!

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Friday 12th February 2021

Fresh snowfall recorded by the resort (since yesterday morning):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 4cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 5cm
- Hikage (660m): 1cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 1cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm

[Original daily numbers published by Nozawa Onsen and compiled by Nozawa Now reporter for SnowJapan]


Official snow depth numbers (reported by the ski area):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 310cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 255cm
- Hikage (660m): 180cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 175cm
- Karasawa (563m): 145cm


All courses apart from the following plan to be open:

- Yunomine A
- Grand Prix
- Kandahar area not open to the public this season

Ski lift information:

- The following lifts are normally rested on weekdays:
- Utopia pair, Challenge pair, Yunomine pair and Mizunashi triple
- The Kandahar area is not open to the public this season
- The Shinyu pair lift will be closed for the remainder of the season due to obstruction by fallen tree


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The ‘total snowfall accumulation so far’ table in this report shows the amount of snowfall that has been reported on the upper areas of Nozawa Onsen. The numbers used are reported each day by Nozawa Onsen. They are manually updated for this report with any new snowfall reported by the resort. This table was first introduced in this report, including a longer explanation