Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 724cm Posted on Thursday 8th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Those lovely blue skies lasted until around lunchtime yesterday, when clouds quite quickly moved in from the north and it started snowing. This morning there's 10cm of fresh on the ground. (Kagura is reporting 15cm; Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 10cm). ...and, once again, beautiful clear skies over Yuzawa. Clouds, once again, are starting the day off to the north of us. It's a chilly start to the morning but we are expecting temperatures to be somewhat higher over the next few days, especially on Saturday (rising to around +7 or 8C) when it might rain before the next snow starts falling, which is due late Saturday or into Sunday. This time the forecasts all seem to agree that tomorrow should see sunshine during the day. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 310cm Iwappara - 205cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 245cm Naeba - 240cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 240cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 280cm - Base: 230cm Yuzawa Park - 180cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 180cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 250cm Joetsu Kokusai - 250cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 260cm - Base: 180cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 340cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Thursday 8th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 724cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 41cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 727cm Posted on Friday 9th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It is yet another fine morning here with - once again - clear skies and sunshine from early on. With some snow falling later on yesterday (again!), Kagura is reporting 5-10cm of fresh snow overnight and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 5cm. I can record 3cm. It's pretty cold, but due to warm up and temperatures into low positive numbers during the day in town. Tomorrow is currently forecast to start off with sunshine again and but it seems things are really going to be warming up, perhaps even approaching double digit temperatures in the afternoon. Thankfully though, by Sunday the snow should be falling once again - though there is a good chance that later in the day rain falls before it gets colder and turns into snow. From Sunday things should be starting to get colder once again, though not as cold as it has generally been the last week. Going to be interesting to see how things shape up over the next few days. Sunday is National Foundation Day in Japan and because of that Monday is a national holiday, so it is a 3 day long weekend for many people and one of the most popular weekends of the season. Expect places to be busy; early starts recommended. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 320cm Iwappara - 205cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 245cm Naeba - 240cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 245cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 280cm - Base: 230cm Yuzawa Park - 200cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 180cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 240cm Joetsu Kokusai - 250cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 260cm - Base: 180cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 340cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Friday 9th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 727cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 44cm 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 7cm Snowfall at base this season 734cm Posted on Tuesday 13th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. The snow clouds are back this morning. They were sort of back yesterday afternoon, though the snow was mostly very light and generally didn't give us much more than a dusting. Interestingly, snowfall was still causing problems for the people to the north where they are getting lots of snow when they don't really expect or want it. I think pretty much everyone would prefer the snow come down here and deposit the snow on our mountains. (Though I am presuming/guessing that the ski resorts in the northern part of Niigata are enjoying a very good season this time round). Anyway, back to this morning and here are the ski resort reports of fresh snowfall: Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm Maiko Snow Resort: 10cm Kagura 3cm I am measuring 7cm to add to the reports, and hopefully there will be more to add tomorrow with snow due to be falling through tonight. It seems there is a decent chance of sunny skies tomorrow, so should make for a very nice mid week day out if you are so tempted! --- If the webcams were any indication, most slopes were less busy yesterday than they were on Sunday; which will probably be a relief for the people out there. Today we are back to a 'normal' weekday, albeit it being peak season, of course. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 310cm - Part of the Jiji course in the Central area will be restricted this afternoon and tomorrow morning - That is due to a competition being held there Iwappara - 195cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 245cm Naeba - 240cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 220cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 280cm - Base: 230cm Yuzawa Park - 180cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 165cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 240cm Joetsu Kokusai - 240cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 240cm - Base: 150cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 340cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Tuesday 13th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 734cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 51cm 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 737cm Posted on Wednesday 14th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa. It's a beautiful morning here with clear skies over Yuzawa and the sun is out. Some snow was falling yesterday and at times it was coming down fairly nicely, but in the end it didn't really end up giving us much in terms of fresh cm. Here's what the resorts are reporting this morning: Ishiuchi Maruyama: 5cm Kagura: 1cm 10cm or so outside SJ HQ in Minamiuonuma, but less than that to measure in Yuzawa which is what is going on the report of course. So sunny blue skies this morning and it should be a fine day. It's quite chilly for the start of the day but due to warm up to perhaps around +6C in town later on (back to colder conditions tomorrow). I was outside just before and it felt a little windy. But it looks like all ski resorts should be open as planned this morning. No excuse not to get out there this morning. Some ski resorts are even giving away chocolate for Valentines Day! --- I had to go over to Tokamachi yesterday (to the north of Yuzawa and about 45 minutes by car) and there was a lot of snow falling there; it was really coming down hard. I called my friend who lives over there last night and they told me that there was probably 40-50cm of fresh snow on the top of their car from yesterday. Another example of how the snow clouds have been tracking just to the north of us more than a few times this season. (It's worth pointing out that Tokamachi always traditionally gets heavy snow, but oftentimes we get it at pretty much the same time). Please don't misunderstand - we have still got a lot of snow... just pointing out a pattern that has been happening a few times this season and that if those clouds made their way down here every time, we'd have a serious amount this season! --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 310cm - Part of the Jiji course in the Central area will be restricted this morning - That is due to a competition being held there Iwappara - 195cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 250cm Naeba - 240cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 225cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 280cm - Base: 230cm Yuzawa Park - 180cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 165cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 240cm Joetsu Kokusai - 250cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 240cm - Base: 160cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 340cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Wednesday 14th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 737cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 54cm 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 9cm Snowfall at base this season 748cm Posted on Friday 16th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa. Light snow was falling for lots of the time during the day yesterday though it didn't amount to that much; and I'm happy to report more than was perhaps expected overnight with snow on the ground again this morning. Still not a huge amount but resorts appear to be reporting 5-10cm of snowfall. Kagura: 5cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm Maiko Snow Resort: 15cm With a few from yesterday I am measuring 9cm this morning. Snow isn't expected to keep falling for long this morning, easing off leaving us with just cloudy skies. Maybe if we are lucky a bit of sun later on. That is the forecast. But actually, as I am about to post this report approaching 8am, there are already some blue skies starting to appear over Minamiuonuma just to the north of Yuzawa and the sun is peeking through... so it may well end up a fine day weather wise. With that bit of fresh snow, there should be nice conditions to enjoy this morning. The forecast for the weekend is a return to more snow falling and perhaps some windy/stormy conditions. So come prepared! --- There are a lot of visitors to Yuzawa from overseas at the moment, many of them celebrating the Chinese New Year holidays. A very Happy Chinese New Year! This weekend is also the Tokamachi Snow Festival which is always worth a visit if possible with events and impressive snow sculptures. Tokamachi city is about 30km to the north of Yuzawa. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 300cm Iwappara - 190cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 240cm Naeba - 240cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 230cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 280cm - Base: 230cm Yuzawa Park - 180cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 170cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 250cm Joetsu Kokusai - 240cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 250cm - Base: 160cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 350cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Friday 16th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 748cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 65cm 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 48cm Snowfall at base this season 796cm Posted on Sunday 18th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Yesterday was an interesting one! It started snowing, and then it seemed to be clearing up for a bit. There was even a bit of sun for a short while. But then it really started snowing. Heavy snow at times and by 4pm, over 20cm of it had fallen on the top of the car and probably more in places. It was windy too and some very limited visibility in lots of areas. So it wasn’t the most friendly of weather conditions to say the least. At around the same time mid afternoon, the local Niigata forecast was predicting a further (up to) 50cm more snowfall before 10am this morning. Here’s how much fresh snow ski resorts are reporting this morning: Kagura: 40-50cm Maiko Snow Resort: 30-40cm (since last night) Ishiuchi Maruyama: 40cm (since last night) I can never work out why resorts report just snow 'since last night', rather than 'since last report'. It misses out a chunk of snow during the day... As of 8am this morning - and including the snow during the day yesterday - I have measured 48cm. There may well be more than that in places as it has been rather windy with the light snow blowing around lots of the time. But numbers aside --- there's a lot of fresh snowfall! And it is still snowing this morning, with snow forecast for the day and perhaps also into tomorrow. Let's see how much more we get out of this. --- GALA Yuzawa is going to be open as normal today. But it looks like the Tashiro area of Kagura as well as the Kagura Number 1 lift will not be opening due to strong wind conditions (the latter may well open if conditions improve). Seems like the Gondola at Maiko Snow Resort may well also be delayed opening. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 350cm Iwappara - 240cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 270cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 270cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 320cm - Base: 270cm Yuzawa Park - 180cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 190cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 280cm Joetsu Kokusai - 270cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 280cm - Base: 180cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Sunday 18th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 796cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 113cm reported on 10 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 28cm Snowfall at base this season 824cm Posted on Monday 19th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Snowfall through the day yesterday and it has been snowing lightly this morning this morning, though it seems to have eased off for the moment. In addition to the 16cm I measured by yesterday evening, there's another 12cm this morning. So a total of 28cm to add to the reports. Kagura: not announced yet (will update later if available) Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm (since 'last night') Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm (since 'last night') We might get more snow during the day today, but like I said for now it has eased off and there are even some signs that things might clear up somewhat with some blue skies appearing in places. Feels like conditions are changing. If it does clear up, with all the fresh snowfall over the weekend, it should be an excellent day to be out on the slopes. Even if it doesn't get the goggles on for some fresh snow rewards. Hope some of you can get to enjoy it. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 350cm Iwappara - 250cm Kagura - Kagura area: 350cm - Mitsumata area: 250cm - Tashiro area: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen - 290cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 270cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 320cm - Base: 270cm Yuzawa Park - 230cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 200cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 290cm Joetsu Kokusai - 290cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 300cm - Base: 200cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Monday 19th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 824cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 141cm reported on 11 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 4cm Snowfall at base this season 828cm Posted on Tuesday 20th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Light snow was falling for much of yesterday, with clearer skies by evening. Some more snow falling overnight and early this morning but not a huge amount of fresh on the ground... here's what ski resorts are reporting: Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm Kagura: 5cm Maiko Snow Resort: 5cm And I have measured an additional 4cm since yesterday. Like yesterday, we can expect light snow falling at times today with just cloudy skies at other times. During the day temperatures will probably stay fairly close to 0 degrees in town or slightly higher. And a similar kind of picture for tomorrow - possibly a bit colder. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 360cm Iwappara - 250cm Kagura - Kagura area: 370cm - Mitsumata area: 270cm - Tashiro area: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen - 285cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 285cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 320cm - Base: 270cm Yuzawa Park - 230cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 200cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 290cm Joetsu Kokusai - 290cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 300cm - Base: 200cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Tuesday 20th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 828cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 145cm reported on 12 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 8cm Snowfall at base this season 836cm Posted on Wednesday 21st February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Yesterday light snow continued in the morning but by late in the afternoon we had beautiful clear skies over Yuzawa and the sun shining. A beautiful end to the day. Out of the wind it felt fairly mild (and surprisingly 20+cm of snow has disappeared off the top of my garden shed by evening), colder when there was some wind on your face. But this morning, snow is back. Here's how much the ski resorts are reporting: Kagura (main): 20cm Kagura (Mitsumata): 15cm Kagura (Tashiro): 10cm Maiko Snow Resort: 10-20cm And I am measuring 8cm. So there should be a nice new layer of snow on the slopes; a little deeper in higher areas. The forecasts seem to be predicting light snow or cloud for the day, to be followed by the chance of some clearer skies and sunshine again during the day tomorrow. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 360cm Iwappara - 250cm Kagura - Kagura area: 370cm - Mitsumata area: 270cm - Tashiro area: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen - 285cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 275cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 320cm - Base: 270cm Yuzawa Park - 230cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 205cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 290cm Joetsu Kokusai - 290cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 290cm - Base: 200cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Wednesday 21st February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 836cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 153cm reported on 13 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 838cm Posted on Thursday 22nd February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Snow was falling for much of the day yesterday though it was generally fairly light and didn't end up with much in terms of a fresh layer on the ground. Kagura resort is reporting up to 5cm of fresh snow and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting just a little without any numbers. There is a thin layer of snow on the top of cars parked since yesterday. There is some cloud around as of 7:30am but blue sky too and we can probably expect more of the blue skies and sunshine during the day today. It's a chilly start, -4C, and will likely rise to around +2C later this afternoon. It seems quite windy as well, though not enough to affect ski lift operations. More sunshine is forecast for tomorrow along with slightly higher temperatures. For those planning for the weekend, there might be some fresh snow falling on Saturday though it doesn't appear to be heavy snow. Can hardly believe that this time next week we'll be in March. Too fast! --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 370cm Iwappara - 225cm Kagura - Kagura area: 370cm - Mitsumata area: 270cm - Tashiro area: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen - 285cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 280cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 320cm - Base: 270cm Yuzawa Park - 220cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 210cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 290cm Joetsu Kokusai - 290cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 285cm - Base: 180cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Thursday 22nd February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 838cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 155cm reported on 14 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 7cm Snowfall at base this season 845cm Posted on Sunday 25th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. After that clear start to the day, the skies quickly got overcast during the morning yesterday. It was raining for a while just to the north of Yuzawa, but it was quick to snow in Yuzawa itself - though a rather wet variety as it was fairly mild. (I suspect it wasn't quite as mild as we were told to expect it to be). Anyway this morning we actually have some fresh cm of snow to report and here is what the resorts are reporting: Kagura: 15-20cm Maiko Snow Resort: 15-20cm Not bad! Quality needs investigating but the snow on my car this morning looked pretty decent actually. I have measured 7cm to add to the totals for here in town. It is a cloudy start to the day and that is what the forecast is, with the chance of the sun showing up tomorrow. There's not much in terms of snowfall on the forecast over the coming week especially at lower levels and we'll need to keep an eye on that chance of rain sometime around Wednesday-Thursday. Hopefully forecasts can adjust in our favour. Have a good Sunday. --- Sounds like Hakkai-san had a problem with their Ropeway yesterday but they have fixed that up and it should be operating as normal today. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 340cm Iwappara - 205cm Kagura - Kagura area: 370cm - Mitsumata area: 270cm - Tashiro area: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen - 275cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 265cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 320cm - Base: 250cm Yuzawa Park - 210cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 200cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 270cm Joetsu Kokusai - 260cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 280cm - Base: 160cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Sunday 25th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 845cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 162cm reported on 15 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 8cm Snowfall at base this season 853cm Posted on Friday 2nd March 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Yesterday we actually saw a bit of blue sky and sunshine for a short time during the day, amongst the nastiness of early morning and later stronger winds. But this morning I am happy to be able to report fresh snowfall. Here is what ski resorts are saying this morning: Kagura: 10cm Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm It's good to see some fresh snow on the ground and feel colder conditions too. There was 5cm on the top of my car which was parked just to the north of Ishiuchi Maruyama overnight and 8cm at our usual measuring point. And it is snowing now - rather windy too. Due to the winds it looks like Yuzawa Kogen is closed this morning as well as the Tashiro area of Kagura (and Kagura is open up until the Gondola). Other ski resorts appear to be planning on opening as normal. With these weather conditions though, there may well need to be adjustments or disruptions. Not the friendliest of weather conditions! Tomorrow is expected to be much calmer and sunny from the start. And warm too, with Sunday getting even warmer. (Quite possibly alarmingly so!) --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published. GALA Yuzawa - 320cm Iwappara - 185cm Kagura - Kagura area: 370cm - Mitsumata area: 270cm - Tashiro area: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen - 240cm Naeba - 250cm (base) NASPA Ski Garden - 220cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 290cm - Base: 220cm Yuzawa Park - 170cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 170cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 250cm Joetsu Kokusai - 220cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 240cm - Base: 130cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March - 370cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Friday 2nd March 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 853cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 162cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 8cm 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