Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 180cm Posted on Friday 22nd January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and just a few cm down here at base really with the resort reporting 3-7cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday. Very light snow falling as I write this with light snow forecast for pretty much all of the day today. Tomorrow might start off cloudy (maybe even a bit of sunshine according to some forecasts), but by the end of the day it should be snowing and there's a good chance of heavy snowfall going into Sunday as well. Feels cold this morning and now -2 here in the village and it probably won't change much during the day. Expect Sunday in particular to be colder. Fingers crossed! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 140cm Uenotaira: 110cm Hikage: 65cm Nagasaka: 55cm Karasawa: 50cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 5cm Uenotaira: 7cm Hikage: 3cm Nagasaka: 3cm Karasawa: 3cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 22nd January 2016 Total snowfall at base 180cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 77cm 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 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 183cm Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa. Snow was falling up on the mountain yesterday and since yesterday morning the resort has reported up to 18cm up there. Much less on lower areas and here in the village. It is a cold morning again with temperatures down at -4C now and it probably won't warm up into positive numbers today. Snowfall is expected late tonight as we enter Sunday and there is a good chance of quite a lot of snow falling tomorrow as well - especially when we get to tomorrow night. Some local forecasts even have a few spells of sunshine lined up for tomorrow before that heavy snow arrives. --- Nighta on the Nagasaka course area from tonight and then every Saturday over the next few months. Hurray! That is open until 8pm and costs 1600 yen for adults and 850 yen for children. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 140cm Uenotaira: 120cm Hikage: 70cm Nagasaka: 60cm Karasawa: 50cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 18cm Uenotaira: 14cm Hikage: 3cm Nagasaka: 3cm Karasawa: 3cm All lifts now planned to be operating except: - Hikage Number 2 pair B line The following courses are not currently open: - Paradise connection - Challenge 39 - Hikage no kabe - Grand Prix - Jumping - Hachiman - Mukoubayashi - Kandahar West - Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 23rd January 2016 Total snowfall at base 183cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 80cm 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 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 9cm Snowfall at base this season 160cm Posted on Wednesday 20th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa where the storm has hit - wind in particular, meaning that the upper areas of the mountain are this morning closed as I write this report. Hopefully they will be able to open if conditions improve but for the moment the open lifts are as noted below and the forecast is for windy conditions for the day. The resort is reporting 20cm of snowfall on the upper areas this morning and 15cm on the Nagasaka area. A strong northerly wind is blowing snow around making for bad visibility and also lots of drifting which in turn makes it difficult to tell just how much snow has fallen. There's a heavy snow warning out currently and we expect more today and perhaps quite a lot too. Bring it on, I say. Forecast is looking pretty good for the coming week too. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 90cm Hikage: 45cm Nagasaka: 40cm Karasawa: 30cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday morning: Yamabiko: 22cm Uenotaira: 22cm Hikage: 15cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 15cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 20th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 160cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 57cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 235cm Posted on Sunday 31st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and the forecasts did tell us to expect some snowfall overnight - and we got some, a modest 5cm or so. This morning there's some breaks in the cloud for us here in the village but I can see that visibility is very limited up on the Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas... it might even be snowing up there still - it was down here until just before. It will likely clear up fairly quickly though and we're forecast a generally cloudy day with the chance of more snow overnight (probably light snow again). Not much else to report really at the moment as we fast approach February. In the coming days I'll take a look back at the season so far and compare snowfall with previous seasons. Have a good Sunday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 150cm Uenotaira: 125cm Hikage: 80cm Nagasaka: 70cm Karasawa: 65cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 2cm Uenotaira: 6cm Hikage: 5cm Nagasaka: 5cm Karasawa: 5cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 31st January 2016 Total snowfall at base 235cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 237cm Posted on Monday 1st February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and the first day of February. Light snow is falling this morning and just a couple of cm down at base with 5cm being reported by the resort on the top Yamabiko runs. The webcams show limited visibility on the upper parts of the mountain early on. Snow showers on the forecast for most days over the coming week with the most potential for a decent amount of snow falling looking like it will be on Friday - before that it will probably just be light snow without that much in terms of new cm. Still, it is keeping cold and should be so through the week. Here's to a February that will bring lots of Nozawa-like snowfall. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 155cm Uenotaira: 125cm Hikage: 75cm Nagasaka: 65cm Karasawa: 60cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 5cm Uenotaira: 3cm Hikage: 2cm Nagasaka: 2cm Karasawa: 2cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 1st February 2016 Total snowfall at base 237cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 2cm 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 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 239cm Posted on Friday 5th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning from Nozawa and the snowfall I have to report this morning is similar to yesterday ranging from a dusting on lower slopes to 5cm on upper slopes. I so miss being able to often report 30cm of fresh dumpage in the village, and I still optimistically hope we'll get to some of that this season - though some locals are more of the 'this is how the season will be' kind of thinking now. So I'm getting excited about what is on the forecast. After some light snow today/tonight perhaps, it's heavy snow forecast tomorrow night (well on some forecasts anyway). Monday is scheduled currently to be clearer and sunny and that to be followed by a return to snowy conditions and the chance of another decent dump. Fingers crossed everyone. Just now there's a lot of fog up top (possibly light snow? - the resort was reporting light snow up there as of 7:30am), making visibility limited in some places. Better in others and maybe it'll clear up this morning. It's going to be a busy weekend. Let's hope there's lots of fresh snow to play in come Sunday morning. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 165cm Uenotaira: 130cm Hikage: 75cm Nagasaka: 60cm Karasawa: 55cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 5cm Uenotaira: 3cm Hikage: 1cm Nagasaka: 1cm Karasawa: 0cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 5th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 239cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 4cm 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 238cm Posted on Thursday 4th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . There's a fog down here this morning. But I can see that up higher on the mountain it's clearer and I can see a mix of cloud and blue sky at the moment. The early morning fog lower down will probably quickly disappear leaving us with a fine morning. Yesterday at 3pm the resort was reporting 1-5cm of snowfall during the day bottom-top and this morning just another small dusting higher up. That's where the numbers below are coming from just in case you were wondering. I'm liking the look of the forecast for Saturday. 'Heavy snow'. We'll have some (lots) of that please. We have of course seen that before but it hasn't quite happened in as dramatic a way as we would like so let's be cautiously optimistic! It should actually be snowing from tomorrow through into Sunday. Here's to a snowy late week and weekend. For today though, enjoy some sunshine. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 165cm Uenotaira: 135cm Hikage: 80cm Nagasaka: 65cm Karasawa: 55cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 7cm Uenotaira: 4cm Hikage: 1cm Nagasaka: 1cm Karasawa: 1cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 4th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 238cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 443cm Posted on Thursday 10th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning to you from Nozawa. A bit of snow since yesterday with 5cm up top and it's another quite cold morning. It looks like we're set for a generally cloudy day today, though even now the sun is managing to peek through the clouds in places. So perhaps it might clear up somewhat. Hopefully staying cold at the same time... It should be cold overnight tonight again and tomorrow we are probably going to enjoy some sunshine. Sporadic light snowfall is still there on the forecast over the coming days but I wouldn't expect much from it - think of it as a real bonus if we do get much. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 140cm Uenotaira: 75cm Hikage: 50cm Nagasaka: 30cm Karasawa: 10cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 5cm Uenotaira: 1cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 10th March 2016 Total snowfall at base 443cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (18th February) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 132cm reported on 21 days February 2016 snowfall 162cm reported on 12 days March 2016 snowfall 46cm 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 40cm Snowfall at base this season 720cm Posted on Saturday 22nd March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . We were hoping for snow of course, and we had been eyeing up that forecast on the site from a number of days ago.... but I don't quite think many people actually believed that really we would get quite as much snow as we have got. Check this out: Yamabiko - 29cm + 40cm Uenotaira - 25cm + 25cm Hikage - 25cm + 25cm Nagasaka - 25cm + 25cm Karasawa - 20cm + 25cm The first number is how much the resort reported from yesterday morning up until 3pm yesterday afternoon. The second number is the overnight number since 3pm yesterday. So between 45cm and 69cm! So that means that since yesterday morning Nozawa is reporting a whopping 69cm of snow on Yamabiko and 50cm on Uenotaira. Unbelievable! Could not have asked for more than this. And what's more, the sun is out this morning. Blue skies. Nice and cold to start the day. If this is the last main snowfall of the season which is pretty likely, a warm up is due this week, then we will have ended it in style. I really must get my gear on as quickly as possible and get up there to check it out! Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 385cm Uenotaira - 320cm Hikage - 170cm Nagasaka - 165cm Karasawa - 110cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Grand Prix Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 22nd March 2014 Total snowfall at base 720cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 178cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 680cm Posted on Friday 21st March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday was one of those best left forgotten wet and rainy affairs, but again I am able to bring much better news to replace that image in the form of fresh snow this morning. 5cm down at base, a bit more in places. Actually the resort has the lower slopes (8cm) down for more than Yamabiko which is interesting. It is still snowing now and should hopefully continue doing so for the rest of the day. When tomorrow arrives, we'll probably see sun and after that it's sun/cloud mostly on the forecast into next week. As we get into next week, a real warm-up is expected with double digit temperatures down in the village. Fresh snow is of course going to be in short supply from now, and so we really need to make the most of this. Mostly poor visibility out on the slopes, so care needed. Today is a national holiday and so the first of a 3 day weekend... all lifts moving this morning as we are on weekend mode already. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 330cm Uenotaira - 260cm Hikage - 160cm Nagasaka - 145cm Karasawa - 100cm Lifts All lifts operating Courses All courses open except: Grand Prix Kandahar West Kandahar East Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 21st March 2014 Total snowfall at base 680cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 138cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 720cm Posted on Saturday 12th April 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Sun shines down on Nozawa again this morning. I'm just looking at the forecasts and over the next week that looks set to be what we can expect - sun and more sun, a bit of cloud maybe. Temps into the double digits every day here at base. So nice and warm and settled conditions. Note that from today until Wednesday, the Yamabiko B course plans to be closed to the public as there is a competition being held. The resort hasn't updated that info on the live page just yet but I presume that is going ahead as planned. Following on from yesterday, today and tomorrow there's the chance to test out new model skis and snowboards. If you are interested, head up to the top Yamabiko area of the resort at any of the times below... Saturday 12th - 9:30am until 3pm Sunday 13th - 9:30am until 2:30pm ...and check out some next season gear. It's free, but you will need some kind of formal identification that has a photo of yourself on it to sign up and take part. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 295cm Uenotaira - 210cm Lifts Planned operating lifts for today: Nagasaka Gondola Yamabiko Four Yamabiko Number 2 Four Skyline connecting Uenotaira Four Paradise Four Hikage Number 2 Pair B Courses Planned courses to be open: Yamabiko A Yamabiko C Yamabiko D Yamabiko E Uenotaira Paradise Bunabayashi Schneider Utopia Utopia 2 Challenge Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 12th April 2014 Total snowfall at base 720cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 168cm reported on 14 days March 2014 snowfall 178cm reported on 12 days April 2014 snowfall 0cm 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 20cm Posted on Saturday 6th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . I bring very good news. Yes, Nozawa has been on the receiving end of a good dump of fresh snow since yesterday and the resort is reporting an impressive 70cm of snow up on Yamabiko. Surprises are great when they are nice snowy ones. :) What's more, it's enough for the resort to spring (or is that winter) into action, as they have announced that Nozawa will be opening tomorrow morning. It's snowing nicely down here at base as well with at least 20cm on the ground and the way it's coming down that will soon add up. Snow forecast for the day, perhaps easing off tomorrow and then maybe not much as we enter the new week. But Nozawa'll be open by then and we'll be able to enjoy the first runs of the season. Nozawa Onsen will open at least some of the top Yamabiko runs tomorrow. Nozawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 6th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 20cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (6th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 20cm 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 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