Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 355cm Posted on Thursday 25th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After some clearer skies yesterday, it's a snowy Chrismtas morning here in Nozawa, which always seems just so fitting. The resort reports 20cm of new snowfall across the mountain (curiously a bit less at the top), and I can indeed confirm such amounts as once I finish this report I'm going to have to go and shovel that lot off the top of my Nozzlemobile. Not too cold this morning just under freezing point and snow falling from the skies still so limited visibility especially on the higher slopes but the fresh powder to play should make up for that. Snow might ease at times during the day. Doesn't look too busy actually this morning, after all it isn't a national holiday here, but I would expect things to really start getting busy this coming weekend. Outlook for the weekend is for the snow clouds to move on and the start of a run of perhaps clearer skies and it won't be as cold either. Maybe get some sunshine from Sunday into next week. Merry Christmas! Fresh snow this morning: Yamabiko - 15cm Uenotaira - 20cm Hikage - 20cm Nagasaka - 20cm Karasawa - 20cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 250cm Uenotaira - 230cm Hikage - 185cm Nagasaka - 180cm Karasawa - 150cm Courses open: All courses are now open except: Hikage no kabe Grand Prix course Jumping Course Mukoubayashi Challenge 39 Kandahara West Kandahara East Kamoshika Course Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 25th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 355cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 355cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 647cm Posted on Friday 16th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello and a lovely fresh morning from Nozawa. Though I expect not everyone is feeling quite so fresh after the events of last night. As ever on that date in particular, Nozawa was bustling with life last night. 10cm of snowfall since last night and just cloudy skies to start the day off here. A bit wet lower down but would expect the conditions to be better higher up. A significant refresh would be just the ticket now, and hopefully we'll get that overnight tonight. Temperatures look set to take a drop with snow due starting tonight and continuing through tomorrow. During the day today though expecting mostly cloud - foggy conditions on Yamabiko early on - and fairly mild temperatures. Lots of snow tonight please! Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 10cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 10cm Nagasaka - 10cm Karasawa - 10cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 350cm Uenotaira - 305cm Hikage - 220cm Nagasaka - 220cm Karasawa - 185cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar West Lifts open (subject to weather conditions): All lifts operating except: Yunomine pair Mizunashi triple Challenge pair Utopia pair Hikage Number 2 Pair B line Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 16th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 647cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 210cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 657cm Posted on Saturday 17th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . The snow started falling sometime early morning this morning in Nozawa and the resort is reporting 5cm of snow on the upper slopes and 10cm down at base. I reckon the difference there is the one+ hour between the readings though - lower readings coming in at 8:45am with the top readings at 7:25am) and expect there to be at least the 10cm up top as well by now. It's falling nicely at the moment and at this rate should be piling up and filling in tracks, snowfall due to continue today and through until tomorrow morning. It doesn't feel overly cold at all this morning though. A moderate wind is due today with lifts seemingly unaffected early morning. Hopefully that will remain the case. Generally limited visibility on mountain this morning as the snow comes down. Know where you're going and take care! Fresh snow to report this morning since yesterday afternoon: Yamabiko - 5cm Uenotaira - 5cm Hikage - 10cm Nagasaka - 10cm Karasawa - 10cm Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 350cm Uenotaira - 300cm Hikage - 230cm Nagasaka - 225cm Karasawa - 190cm Courses open: All courses are open except: Grand Prix course Jumping Course Challenge 39 Kandahar West Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 17th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 657cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 220cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 622cm Posted on Monday 12th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . An impressive refresh this morning with 30-45cm of new snowfall being reported by the resort across the mountain. Snow falling and poor visibility isn't affecting the lifts on this last day of the long weekend though so for those wanting to seek out that fresh and brave the elements it's all there available for you. Just know where you're going, and remember not to do anything daft. Things can very easily go horribly wrong in this kind of condition. They can also go fantastically right as well, and snow conditions (weather aside!) should be great this morning. Back to a normal weekday tomorrow. Of course, we are fast approaching the big event of the year here in Nozawa Onsen... yes, the Dosojin Fire Festival which will climax on Thursday evening. And as the forecast is now we're expecting some fine clear conditions on Thursday. From tomorrow onwards actually. The snow clouds should pack up and leave by early tomorrow morning, leaving us to a few days of clearer and milder weather conditions. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 12th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 622cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 185cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 687cm Posted on Sunday 18th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . You like fresh snow? We got it! After a day of snowfall and at times rather blusterly winds - at times the snow coming down at quite the speed - the resort is reporting over 50cm of fresh up at Uenotaira and a good solid 30+cm at base since my report yesterday morning. Interestingly less on the upper Yamabiko area than lower down. Dare I say it, but there should be some good deep conditions to be enjoyed this morning. Very nice. Looks like Kamoshika and Tanuki courses are closed this morning, I don't know why but imagine they are checking things over there with all the fresh snow. Nozawa is big scale though so plenty of areas to find that fresh snow. Looking ahead, after a day of cloud and sometimes light snow, a clear and cold night is forecast for tonight with more snow due later on tomorrow. Beyond that a few days of potentially clearer skies and then back to snow around Thursday into Friday. Let's not get ahead of ourselves though. Today will be a very good one. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 18th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 687cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 250cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 637cm Posted on Tuesday 13th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa. So where's the sun then? Was expecting clearer skies this morning bit it's still grey and cloudy with light snow slowly falling earlier on this morning. It does look like the clearer conditions have been just 'delayed' though as we have the snow easing off leaving us with a cloudy morning to be followed by a clear evening. And sunny conditions tomorrow and the sun will be warming things up a bit. (High of around +4C forecast). According to the resort, more fresh snow on the lower slopes than upper over the last 24 hours with 15-20cm on lower and 0cm on upper during the day. (Possibly a typo? Who am I to argue!) The main thing that matters is that there has been another decent amount of fresh snow over the last 24 hours. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 13th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 637cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 200cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 707cm Posted on Tuesday 20th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Official numbers show Yamabiko reaching 4m of snow this morning. Yes, this morning we have another good 20cm of snow here, with 30cm being reported from the Uenotaira area of the resort. It has been snowing still early this morning but seems to be easing off and we're expecting just cloudy conditions in Nozawa this afternoon. For the moment though it's limited visibility out there even on the lower areas of the resort. Sunny conditions likely tomorrow morning which should be popular as we aren't getting a huge amount of that this season so far. Complaining about snowfall is not allowed though, so we'll be hearing none of that! Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 20th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 707cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (14th and 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 437cm reported on 14 days January 2015 snowfall 270cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 12cm Snowfall at base this season 50cm Posted on Sunday 27th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . 2pm update: As the snow continues to fall, from 2pm today the resort is opening the Rinkan course to connect the Paradise course with the Nagasaka Gondola. For now it is just to use as means to get back to base. The resort also seems to have the Yunomine pair and Mizunashi lifts and associated courses now operating/open. Original morning report Now this feels more like it! It is a good morning indeed in Nozawa. We have good cold wintery conditions with decent snow falling from the skies right down to the village. Yes, after an odd mix of weather yesterday, last night the snow started and we have it on the ground here now with it continuing to fall. Snow is forecast for the day today, maybe a break in it during the day tomorrow but more fresh snow due again by tomorrow evening. At the time of writing, no word on any changed to what will be open today at Nozawa Onsen. I would not be surprised though if more of the resort opened as more snow falls though. Check with them if you are going to be here. Should be fun up there this morning. Be sure to wrap up well though and don't get too excited - visibility is limited. Great stuff. Loads of snow please! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 50cm Uenotaira: 50cm Hikage: 15cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 0cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 15cm Uenotaira: 15cm Hikage: 15cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 0cm Planned lift operations: - Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am) - Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am) - Skyline link lift - Yamabiko Four lift - Yamabiko Number 2 lift - Paradise Four lift - Uenotaira Four lift - Yu Road (from 8:30am) Courses planned to be open: - Yamabiko A course - Yamabiko B course - Yamabiko C course - Yamabiko D course - Yamabiko E course - Paradise - Kokenashi - Uenotaira - Bunabayashi Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 27th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 50cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 47cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 6cm Snowfall at base this season 38cm Posted on Saturday 26th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa and we have a fresh blanket of snow with the resort reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas this morning. Colder too as well. It is not snowing as I write this report but snow is expected on and off during the day today, with temperatures not rising that much over freezing. Currently it is -1C here at base. Should be some improved conditions up top this morning then and they are set to improve more in the coming days with decent snowfall forecast for tonight and into tomorrow and hopefully a bit beyond as well. The cold is going to continue as well with low temperatures tomorrow in particular expected. I am hoping that my report tomorrow morning will bring you some exciting snow news. In the meantime, a lot of people are expected in Nozawa this weekend. Early starts recommended especially as the whole mountain is not yet open. Until tomorrow. Let it snow! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 40cm (+15cm) Uenotaira: 40cm (+15cm) Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 40cm Uenotaira: 40cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm Planned lift operations: - Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am) - Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am) - Skyline link lift - Yamabiko Four lift - Yamabiko Number 2 lift - Uenotaira - Yu Road (from 8:30am) Courses planned to be open: - Yamabiko A course - Yamabiko B course - Yamabiko C course - Yamabiko D course - Yamabiko E course - Paradise - Kokenashi - Uenotaira - Bunabayashi Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 26th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 38cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 35cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 8cm Snowfall at base this season 58cm Posted on Monday 28th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Snow continued yesterday though eased off somewhat since the morning and no new snowfall overnight. And the sun is out this morning. It's cold and frosty early on and should be keeping cold even with the sun out. That's the kind of sunny weather we like! Still, the Yamabiko area is now reporting 70cm and it was great to be out in the fresh snow yesterday morning. Quite a lot of people agreed, there were a fair few people around! From 2pm yesterday the resort opened the Rinkan course to connect the Paradise course with the Nagasaka Gondola. For now it is just to use as means to get back to base. The resort also seems to have the Yunomine pair and Mizunashi lifts and associated courses now operating/open. Snow clouds are due back over the region later today so not sure how long the sunny conditions will last, with snow forecast overnight and through the day tomorrow. A decent snowfall again should allow more to open up... Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 28th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 58cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 55cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 7cm Snowfall at base this season 32cm Posted on Saturday 19th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Very good news.... Nozawa Onsen is now open! 15cm more snow overnight on the mountain and the lifts are going to start moving in a matter of minutes. Planned lifts: - Nagasaka Gondola (from 8:40am) - Hikage Gondola (from 8:40am) - Skyline link lift - Yamabiko Four lift - Yamabiko Number 2 lift - Uenotaira - Yu Road Planned open courses: - Yamabiko A course - 1300m length - Yamabiko C course - 850m length - Yamabiko D course - 1250m length - Kokenashi - 200m - Uenotaira Marvellous. It's those upper course area only of course, so you need to get the gondola back down to base. Adults 4800 yen, children 2200 yen, seniors 3700 yen. Sun expected tomorrow but it should be keeping cold. Enjoy. Official snow depths (as of 19th December 2015): Yamabiko: 40cm Uenotaira: 40cm Hikage: -cm Nagasaka: -cm Karasawa: -cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 19th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 32cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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 Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 25cm Posted on Friday 18th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . There was some talk of a possible opening today with the snow that we got during the day yesterday, but the resort have decided there's not quite enough yet to get things started. Apparently 25cm of snowfall up top and a good 10-15cm on lower areas as well. It seems like the skies are clearing up this morning and there may even be some sun in store for us today but a return to snow overnight tonight is possible. Please bring us some more so the resort folk can get some lifts moving! I will report on the latest tomorrow morning. Official snow depths (as of 18th December 2015): Yamabiko: 25cm Uenotaira: -cm Hikage: -cm Nagasaka: -cm Karasawa: -cm Courses: Resort not open yet Lifts: Resort not open yet Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 18th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 22cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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