Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 123cm Posted on Wednesday 13th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . It's a stunner of a morning here in Yuzawa. Yesterday saw clouds moving in gradually after the fine start and even an attempt at snow falling. In keeping with the 'odd' theme to the season so far, on the news we saw that Tokyo got a bit of snowfall and there was also fairly heavy snow falling to the north of us in Niigata City. It's wasted up there, bring it down here... This morning the clouds are still feeling some kind of allergy to our valley - once again staying to the north of our region - and we have clear blue skies all around. Beautiful! The sun is out and it's just a beautiful morning - the kind we would really be loving if we had a few more metres of snow lying around! The really good thing this morning other than the views is that it is cold. It was cold last night and it is cold this morning. And there was actually a dusting of snow around places as well as a frost early so hopefully that might translate into some cm on upper areas. On checking it looks like Kagura are reporting just a dusting while Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 2-3cm. The varied forecasts all agree that we should get some fresh snow tomorrow, but disagree on when it might arrive - this afternoon? tonight? tomorrow? I'll give you the latest of course tomorrow morning. For now though it's a very fine morning to be out on the slopes. --- Resort official snow depths (Wednesday 13th January 2016) and any specific news: All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season, though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open. Generally steeper slopes that need more snow are still closed and some lower slopes are patchy. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 140cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 80cm Iwappara 40cm Joetsu Kokusai 70cm Kagura 90cm (Mitsumata) 120cm (Tashiro) 150cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 105cm Maiko Snow Resort 90cm (upper) 20cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 80cm Naeba 70cm NASPA Ski Garden 65cm Yuzawa Kogen 90cm Yuzawa Nakazato 60cm Yuzawa Park 30cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 13th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 123cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 31cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 121cm Posted on Monday 11th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Resorts are this morning reporting up to 10-15cm of fresh snowfall, with 4cm on the ground here. Yesterday was another fine day, with clouds staying just to the north of our region for most of the day until the evening... when it started raining. It was cold though and it turned into snow overnight so let's quickly move on. (I've had enough of the r word!) It is snowing very lightly as I write the report and the local forecast is for the snow to stop sometime this morning leaving us with cloudy conditions for the rest of the day. Unfortunately there seems to be less snow now on the weekly forecast than there was just yesterday. Not sure what is going on there but if it's right it'll just be a continuation of what we have been having so far (but hopefully less of the rain). Snow is there on the forecast, just generally light rather than the Yuzawa-like heavy snow that I have been mentioning we are used to. But, forecasts can change quickly so let's not put too much in it for now. Generally there will be better and fresher snow conditions higher up. Today is a national holiday in Japan and so the last day of the long weekend. It will be less busy than yesterday and Saturday though with people starting to return home. We'll be back to a normal weekday today. --- Resort official snow depths (Monday 11th January 2016) and any specific news: All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season, though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open. Generally steeper slopes that need more snow are still closed. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 110cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 80cm Iwappara 40cm Joetsu Kokusai 70cm Kagura 90cm (Mitsumata) 120cm (Tashiro) 150cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 90cm Maiko Snow Resort 90cm (upper) 20cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 80cm Naeba 70cm NASPA Ski Garden 70cm Yuzawa Kogen 90cm Yuzawa Nakazato 60cm Yuzawa Park 35cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 11th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 121cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 105cm Posted on Saturday 2nd January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . There's no fresh cm of snowfall to report this morning though it was snowing for parts of yesterday, just nothing major. Clouds remain over the region this morning though no snowfall is expected today. What we are expecting is mild conditions as later on today high of around 8 degrees might be reached. A similar situation is expected for tomorrow as well. Not the kind of thing we want to hear but avoiding rain during the warmer periods is a plus, so hopefully we can do that. Temperatures should drop as we get to Tuesday and on that day we might get a new layer of snow. --- Resort operations (Saturday 2nd January 2016) - subject to change: Now that everywhere is open, from Monday we'll be bringing you official snow depths at resorts around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa The Central Area and most of the North Area are now open. The downhill Falcon course is also now open. Ipponsugi Ipponsugi is now open. Iwappara Iwappara is now open. Joetsu Kokusai Joetsu Kokusai is now open. Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. The top pair lift is now open. The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is now operating. Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is now open. Ludens Yuzawa Ludens Yuzawa is now open. Naeba Large areas of Naeba are now open (the top runs and a few central areas aside). The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Tashiro is now operating. Nakazato Snow Wood Nakazato Snow Wood is open. NASPA Ski Garden NASPA Ski Garden is now open. Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen and the Nunoba areas are now open. Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Nakazato is now open. Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is now open. Resorts in Minamiuonuma: Chateau Shiozawa Chateau Shiozawa is now open. Hakkaisanroku Hakkai Sanroku is now open. Ishiuchi Maruyama Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open. Itsukamachi Itsukamachi is now open. Maiko Snow Resort Maiko Snow Resort is now open. Mt Granview Mt Granview is now open. Muikamachi Hakkaisan Most of Hakkai-san is now open. Muikamachi Ski Resort Muikamachi Ski Resort is now open. Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 2nd January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 105cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 13cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 129cm Posted on Sunday 17th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . In my report yesterday I was saying how it felt like it might be one of those days when it clears up and turns into a fine day. Well, that wasn't what happened! It actually started snowing - and quite heavily for limited periods - and the snow clouds stayed over us for most of the day. It was great to see it really coming down at times, though it didn't really stay heavy for long. There were some decent conditions to be enjoyed as well. I spent a few fun hours up at the Kagura resort where there was obviously much less snow than usual for mid-January but some decent snow to be found. Resorts around the area this morning are not reporting any new cm of snow overnight but there was definitely some during the day and I measured 3cm of it here in town. So what about this heavy snowfall that we have been expecting early week? It's still looking good to be arriving. Just what kind of snowfall we get and how much... well let's just leave it to nature and see what happens. One thing the forecasts do agree on is that tomorrow will probably be quite mild and there's a good chance that we will get rained on here in town during the day before the 'main event' arrives. The 'main event' (snow) looks due around Tuesday/Wednesday. Here's hoping! --- Resort official snow depths (Sunday 17th January 2016) and any specific news: All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season, though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open. Generally some steeper slopes that need more snow are still closed and some lower slopes are patchy (to varying degrees). Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 120cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 80cm Iwappara 40cm Joetsu Kokusai 80cm Kagura 90cm (Mitsumata) 120cm (Tashiro) 150cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 80-110cm Maiko Snow Resort 85cm (upper) 20cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 80cm Naeba 70cm NASPA Ski Garden 65cm Yuzawa Kogen 90cm Yuzawa Nakazato 60cm Yuzawa Park 30cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 17th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 129cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 37cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 739cm Posted on Thursday 8th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . More snow to report this morning. About the same amount of fresh snow here in town as we had yesterday morning, so about 20cm or so. That's in addition to the 10-20cm that we had during the day yesterday, so I'm calling it at at least 30cm since my last report. No doubt more higher up, so we have had a very nice refresh these last two days. It's another cold morning here and the snow is continuing to fall coming in helped on by a moderate northly wind, and is forecast to for the day easing up by tomorrow. I'm too early with my report this morning for some of the below numbers to be updated for the day. I have just seen though that Tashiro will need to be closed again today due to wind and also all of the Kagura area apart from Mitsumata. They are reporting 30cm fresh this morning. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 320cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 260cm Iwappara: 215cm Joetsu Kokusai: 190cm Kagura: 290cm Kandatsu Kogen: 250cm Maiko Snow Resort: 260cm Naeba: 220cm NASPA Ski Garden: 215cm Yuzawa Kogen: 260cm (Kogen) 210cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 190cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 8th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 739cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 180cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 689cm Posted on Sunday 4th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Just a slight dusting of snow since yesterday evening as eventually the snow clouds cleared up - could actually see the shape of the mountains - though it was snowing pretty much for all of the day yesterday, heavily at times even in town. While Kagura and other resorts say no new snow this morning that doesn't take into account what fell during the day, so I'm giving them the same 20cm (at least) that we had here on the report stats. This morning is an overcast/cloudy start to the day - brighter towards the south of the Yuzawa area than out in the Minamiuonuma valley. It's not quite as cold this morning and later today and overnight we are told to expect a bit more light snow (starting off as rain at lower levels maybe). There's hope that tomorrow might see sunshine and some blue skies. We're going through one of those periods when it seems that three different local forecasts will give you differing ideas as to what to expect, so looks like it's difficult to read. --- Some sobering news yesterday on hearing that three snowboarders are missing after not reporting back in with friends and family the evening before. They had been up at Kagura and while search teams were out yesterday, conditions were not good for such a search. Apparently they will continue looking this morning so hopefully the missing people will be found. While details aren't known of what happened there, it reminds us how easy it is in blizzard conditions and with lots of fresh deep snow for things to happen whether it's just going the wrong way in poor visibility or something else. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 340cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 280cm Iwappara: 215cm Joetsu Kokusai: 190cm Kagura: 290cm Kandatsu Kogen: 260cm Maiko Snow Resort: 260cm Naeba: 220cm NASPA Ski Garden: 265cm Yuzawa Kogen: 250cm (Kogen) 200cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 200cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 4th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 689cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 130cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 559cm Posted on Wednesday 31st December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Unfortunately it did rain yesterday and quite a bit at times as well. Sleet and snow at times and in higher elevations but a real wet feeling to the day. We were hoping for a layer of fresh snow to go on top of that this morning, but that hasn't really happened. Kagura were expecting 10-20cm, but got 5cm. Down herew at town levels it's more like a dusting, at best. It's a generally cloudy start to the day, but looks like there's some blue sky over Naeba and Kagura areas and a bit of sun early on. So as you know we have been eyeing up this heavy snow storm that has been forecast for, well, tonight and tomorrow really. Will it happen? Well, the forecasts are still pointing to that happening and for me to be able to start 2015 off with a nice report tomorrow morning of a thick new layer of snow. So fingers crossed that is what will happen. Another relatively mild day forecast, another chance of rain in there, before getting into the snow later on tonight. After that amazing first chunk of December, it's got to be said that it has been something of a disappointing end. Still, loads of snow still around we just need the fresh layers. And it does look like the new year should start off in a good place. So, until tomorrow then. Enjoy your New Years Eve wherever you may be. See you in 2015. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 300cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 220cm Iwappara: 150cm Joetsu Kokusai: 180cm Kagura: 250cm Kandatsu Kogen: 200cm Maiko Snow Resort: 200cm Naeba: 180cm NASPA Ski Garden: 240cm Yuzawa Kogen: 230cm (Kogen) 180cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 160cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 31st December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 40cm Snowfall at base this season 599cm Posted on Thursday 1st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Good morning and Happy New Year from Yuzawa and from us at SnowJapan. And as we hoped, things are getting off to a very snowy start! It took until later in the day yesterday for it to get going but this morning there's 40+cm of fresh snow piled up outside and it is continuing to snow as the lifts start off on their daily trips. Kagura reporting 50cm. Naeba reporting 30-50cm. Maiko Snow Resort reporting 40cm. The current conditions are affecting some resorts, most notably Kagura where only the Mitsumata area up to Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift is operating - the Tashiro area closed. Naeba seems to be open as planned, as does GALA Yuzawa and other resorts. Generally pretty poor conditions due to the weather - I suspect a few folk might give it a late start or take a soak in an onsen before going out today. Snow forecast to continue falling through tomorrow, so resorts everywhere will have had a very good refresh. A good start to the year! --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 270cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 240cm Iwappara: 180cm Joetsu Kokusai: 190cm Kagura: 250cm Kandatsu Kogen: 240cm Maiko Snow Resort: 200cm Naeba: 200cm NASPA Ski Garden: 225cm Yuzawa Kogen: 230cm (Kogen) 180cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 180cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 1st January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 599cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 40cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 669cm Posted on Saturday 3rd January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Another large delivery of snow has arrived in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. Here's the observations and reports coming in: My car - 30cm Maiko Snow Resort - 20+cm Kagura - 50cm Naeba - 30-50cm Going back to yesterday, by the afternoon many clouds cleared up somewhat especially leaving us the sun shining down on some of the slopes. Some lovely late afternoon scenes in the region. It was back to snow in the evening though and this morning there's just over 30cm on the car outside. Round the back of my house area, the snow that is piled up naturally (ie on a large piece of flat land) is now way higher than me - I'd say closer to 3m than 2m. Apparently there's quite a strong wind at higher elevations and I can see that early on the Tashiro area and the Kagura Number 1 Quad and Number 4 and 5 lifts are not moving. That may well change with the change in weather conditions. Talking of which, conflicting forecasts on what to expect today. More snow or a clearing of the skies? What they seem to be able to agree on is that from tomorrow it shouldn't be quite as cold as it has been and there's a good chance of fine and sunny conditions on Monday. That shouldn't last long though with a return of snow clouds from Tuesday. --- It may not be open early this morning due to the wind but it's worth another mention that Kagura have opened the Kagura Number 5 top pair lift from January 1st this season. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 330cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 230cm Iwappara: 225cm Joetsu Kokusai: 190cm Kagura: 250cm Kandatsu Kogen: 275cm Maiko Snow Resort: 270cm Naeba: 220cm NASPA Ski Garden: 265cm Yuzawa Kogen: 250cm (Kogen) 200cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 200cm --- Nighta in the area Nighta 'night skiing' - where some slopes are floodlit for skiing and snowboarding in the evening, is available at the following resorts in the area. Ishiuchi Maruyama: Every day until 21st March (until 8:50pm) Iwappara: Every day until 22nd March (until 8pm on weekdays and Sundays, 9pm on Saturdays) Joetsu Kokusai: Every day until 22nd March (until 9pm) Kandatsu Kogen: From 23rd January, 'all night' on holidays (6pm or 10pm until 4am the next morning) Maiko Snow Resort: Every day until 14th March (until 8pm) Naeba: Every day until 29th March (until 9pm) NASPA Ski Garden (skiers only): 27th December until 3rd January; 11th January; Saturdays until 29th February (until 7pm) Yuzawa Nakazato: 27th December until 3rd January; 11th January; Saturdays from 10th January until 14th March (until 8:30pm) Chateaux Shiozawa also have nighta but only on certain days - no fixed schedule available. Resorts not mentioned above do not operate 'nighta'. Some resorts offer tickets that include nighta, others need a seperate lift ticket. Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 3rd January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 669cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 110cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 824cm Posted on Sunday 11th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . The crazy snow situation continues into today. 25cm more snow here in town level since yesterdays report. Maiko reporting 25+cm. Kagura report 20cm and Naeba reporting 10-30cm. I have explained this previously, but the reason we are mentioning those particular resorts with the new snowfall numbers here is because they are the only ones that are sharing such data - if there was data from other places, we'd mention it here. (And if anyone knows of any data that might be available and we are missing, do let us know and we'll be happy to mention it). If I ran a skijo, it's a number I'd get out there every morning It's still snowing and that's what is forecast for the day today and quite possibly into tomorrow as well. Tuesday onwards though it's looking like sunny skies will dominate for a few days. --- It was in the local Japanese newspaper on Friday about how the numbers of skiers and snowboarders visiting the resorts in Niigata over New Year was down on last year. The reason given being the heavy snowfall putting lots of people off. Sounds odd doesn't it. (The one thing they also mentioned was the increase in number of foreigners on the slopes). This long weekend I am sure that the resorts were really hoping for some nice sunny weather to get lots of people out, and so they'll have mixed feelings about this heavy snowfall again.... I have spoken to a few resort folk over the last few days and while they are happy that there's lots of snow, the general feeling now seems to be 'we have enough!' and just regular topups would be ideal. So much snow creates a lot of work for locals as well and visitors can see people out and about with shovels and other tools of the trade to try and cope with the huge volumes of snow. I wonder how the rest of the season will work out. It sure will be interesting to find out! --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 360cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 320cm Iwappara: 270cm Joetsu Kokusai: 200cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 300cm Maiko Snow Resort: 330cm Naeba: 230cm NASPA Ski Garden: 277cm Yuzawa Kogen: 280cm (Kogen) 230cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 215cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 11th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 824cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 265cm reported on 9 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 35cm Snowfall at base this season 774cm Posted on Friday 9th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . I'm happy to report a lot more snow again this morning. It built up steadily yesterday - heavy at times, with a moderate wind blowing about as well - and overnight there's 30cm of snow to move from outside here, so I'm recording 35cm since yesterday. From around the resorts that say numbers.... Kagura reporting 30cm (but still an official snow depth of 290cm!) and Maiko Snow Resort reporting 35cm. No word yet from Naeba. I think around 30cm is a good average for around the resorts this morning. Add that to what we had yesterday and there's a nice deep new layer of snow to enjoy playing in pretty much everywhere you decided to go to. It is still snowing now and it looks like it might continue again through the day today though not expecting 'heavy' snowfall. Snow still forecast for the weekend as well though so it looks like it might be early next week before we can enjoy clearer skies. Less wind today so all resorts look set to be opening as planned. Monday is a holiday in Japan so it's a long - and popular - weekend coming up. Early starts recommended if possible! --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 320cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 300cm Iwappara: 245cm Joetsu Kokusai: 190cm Kagura: 290cm Kandatsu Kogen: 250cm Maiko Snow Resort: 290cm Naeba: 220cm NASPA Ski Garden: 215cm Yuzawa Kogen: 270cm (Kogen) 220cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 210cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 9th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 774cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 215cm reported on 7 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 709cm Posted on Wednesday 7th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Back to snow! Yes, very happy to report a return to snow falling from the skies and around 20cm or so on the ground. Here's what I'm getting from resorts (and the top of my car): My car - 20cm Maiko Snow Resort - over 20cm Kagura - 20cm Yesterday we avoided rain until around noon. Even had some blue sky in areas from time to time and the sun trying to appear, though it didn't feel like it got as warm as was forecast. In the end though rain won out, and it was falling in the afternoon. That had changed to snow by night time though and so here we are with 20cm fresh snow on the ground. It's really coming down as I look outside the wind now as well. Lots please! Snow forecast for the day today and into tomorrow as well and in fact snow clouds shouldn't be far away over the next week. It's definitely colder this morning and it should remain cold as well. Strong winds are preventing the Tashiro area to open though this morning and it's limited at Kagura as well up the Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift. Other resorts seem to be planning to be open as planned. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 300cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 230cm Iwappara: 185cm Joetsu Kokusai: 190cm Kagura: 290cm Kandatsu Kogen: 230cm Maiko Snow Resort: 240cm Naeba: 220cm NASPA Ski Garden: 215cm Yuzawa Kogen: 250cm (Kogen) 200cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 190cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 7th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 709cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 150cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com