Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 0cm Posted on Thursday 5th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello and welcome back to the Nozawa Now reports here on SnowJapan. After a good rest and re-charge, I'm back and ready to go for the 15/16 season here in Nozawa. The end of last season seems such a long time ago, but at the same time... somehow not that long ago. Every season here in Nozawa brings a different kind of 'busy', but I always think that for many folk here in the village, November is one of the busiest. Lovely autumn colours for those able to take some time to enjoy them over the last few weeks, along with colder temperatures (sometimes very chilly) telling us that winter is up next. And there a lots of ongoing preparations for the coming winter going on at the moment. Nozawa Onsen hopes to open for the season on Saturday 28th November. It will depend on snowfall of course, and I'll keep you updated from time to time over the next few weeks with the latest. In the meantime take a look back over previous seasons to see how things have shaped up. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 5th November 2015 Total snowfall at base 0cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 0 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 0cm November 2015 snowfall 0cm 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 3cm Posted on Saturday 28th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday it was great to see some snow falling here in Nozawa and things starting to turn white around lunchtime. Not much has changed in how things are looking this morning. Early morning cloud has been clearing the last hour or so leaving us with bits of blue sky on show - for now. Rain or sleet or snow is forecast for the day today, with us obviously hoping for the latter. Temperatures are likely to top out around +5C midday though so perhaps we can realistically just hope for that later on tonight when things get colder. I wouldn't be too expectant though as it doesn't look set to get that cold. There really isn't a huge amount of snow lined up on the weekly forecasts - just some here and there. Hopefully nature can surprise us soon. We can only just be hopeful, sit tight and wait now. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 0cm Uenotaira - 0cm Hikage - 0cm Nagasaka - 0cm Karasawa - 0cm Courses: Resort not open yet Lifts: Resort not open yet Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 28th November 2015 Total snowfall at base 3cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 3cm (28th November) November 2015 snowfall 3cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 10cm Posted on Saturday 5th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Morning and not a whole lot to report really. Not much was added to what we got yesterday and this morning it is cloudy here in Nozawa. There was even a bit of sun peeking through the clouds before though back to just cloud now. It's not particularly cold and a high of about 6 degrees is expected in the village later. So as you might expect from that, there is not enough snow to open yet. I almost don't want to report it but there's not much sign of snow on the weekly forecast either I'm afraid, with clearer skies expected Monday through until around Thursday, so it seems that we are going to need to be more patient for a while longer. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 20cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 0cm Nagasaka - 0cm Karasawa - 0cm Courses: Resort not open yet Lifts: Resort not open yet Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 5th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 10cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 7cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 8cm Posted on Friday 4th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Snow! Snow is falling this morning right down here to village level with about 5cm and counting - this is the first time we have had more than a sprinkling here in the village this year and it is of course great to see. The resort as of 8am are reporting up to 20cm of fresh snow on the upper slopes and around 10cm on lower to mid areas. That's not enough to open today of course but let's have more fall today and see how things shape up tomorrow morning. Alas, the forecast doesn't give much hope of snow beyond tomorrow morning and at least into the first half of next week, so today is all important. I'll bring you the latest tomorrow morning. Official snow depths: Yamabiko - 20cm Uenotaira - 10cm Hikage - 0cm Nagasaka - 0cm Karasawa - 0cm Courses: Resort not open yet Lifts: Resort not open yet Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 4th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 8cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (4th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 5cm 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 32cm Snowfall at base this season 90cm Posted on Tuesday 29th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . After a fine day yesterday with blue skies and importantly low temperatures, snow clouds moved back over the region and this morning there's a new 30-30cm of fresh fluffy snow to enjoy. So it's definitely a good morning from here in Nozawa. Couldn't ask for much more in a morning. Well, I suppose we could and we always want more... But this 30+cm is all important. A good news layer when we really need it to build up base and get more of the resort open. It is still snowing this morning and probably will continue until sometime this afternoon when it's forecast to ease off and just leave us with cloudy conditions. As for extra courses and lifts opening today, I do not have any confirmed news at the time of writing this report but it would not surprise me. I am hearing that maybe the Hikage Number 2 pair and Nagasaka Triple lifts will be moving today. If you are in Nozawa check with the ticket counters before you go up for the very latest. Whatever, it should be great out these this morning. Hope you can get to enjoy it. Wrap up well and don't forget the face mask. Please note that on Wednesday 30th December, Thursday 31st December, Saturday 2nd January and Sunday 3rd January, the lifts and gondolas at Nozawa Onsen will all be starting their day 30 minutes earlier than usual. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 90cm Uenotaira: 80cm Hikage: 50cm Nagasaka: 45cm Karasawa: -cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 30cm Uenotaira: 30cm Hikage: 35cm Nagasaka: 35cm Karasawa: -cm 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 - Yunomine Pair lift - Mizunashi Triple lift - Hikage Number 2 Pair B lift - Nagasaka Triple 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 - Mizunashi A - Mizunashi B - Yunomine A - Yunomine B - Hikage - Nagasaka connection Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 29th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 90cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 87cm 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 13cm Snowfall at base this season 103cm Posted on Wednesday 30th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello from Nozawa where right now light snow is falling. There has been 15+cm of snow on upper areas since my report yesterday and fingers crossed there will be more snow through the day today and back tomorrow night as well - easing off somewhere between those. I wouldn't expect big numbers, though as we are still low on snow everything counts. More courses and lifts open at Nozawa now - newly open courses include Ushikube, Isemiya and Kitsune. There's still more to open of course and not enough snow yet for lots of the steeper areas. Skyline is not yet open either. Nozawa is going to be busy and bustling over the next few days, more people arriving today for their stay over the New Year. Hope you enjoy the charming village if you are going to be here. Remember to pray for snow. Please note that on Wednesday 30th December, Thursday 31st December, Saturday 2nd January and Sunday 3rd January, the lifts and gondolas at Nozawa Onsen will all be starting their day 30 minutes earlier than usual. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 30th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 103cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 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 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 126cm Posted on Friday 8th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Hello and good morning from Nozawa. Perhaps a little unexpected but it's a bright and sunny morning - up top anyway! There's a sea of cloud hovering low down this morning which is making things a bit more gloomy on lower areas but I would expect those clouds to disappear this morning and the sun to shine on base as well. Yesterday of course we enjoyed some fresh snowfall. Not a huge amount and it never really got sustained 'full on' snowfall, but there is a new layer (10cm on Yamabiko) which is fingers crossed going to be supplemented tonight with some decent snowfall expected as we enter the weekend. Sunday-Monday is also still looking very promising. Enough of the promise, results please! As Monday is a national holiday in Japan, this coming weekend is traditionally one of the more popular weekends of the season. The resort will be starting their lifts 30 minutes earlier than usual tomorrow, Sunday and on Monday as well. So the Gondolas will start spinning from 8:10am and the base lifts from 8am. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 95cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 15cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 10cm Uenotaira: 12cm Hikage: 5cm Nagasaka: 5cm Karasawa: 5cm All lifts now planned to be operating except: - Mizunashi triple - Challenge pair - Utopia pair - Kandahar pair - Hikage Number 2 pair B - Karasawa pair The following courses are not currently open: - Skyline - Paradise connection - Mizunashi - Schneider - Utopia - Challenge - Challenge 39 - Hikage no kabe - Kurokura - Ushikubi - Grand Prix - Jumping - Hachiman - Mukoubayashi - Kandahar West - Kandahar East - Kamoshika - Tanuki - Usagi - Karasawa Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 8th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 126cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 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 23cm 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 7cm Snowfall at base this season 133cm Posted on Saturday 9th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Another 10+ cm on the upper slopes of Nozawa Onsen this morning and 7cm outside where I am here at base in the village, as the snow gradually builds up. I'm looking forward to the prospect of reporting numbers like 30cm and 40cm - usually something of the norm here in Nozawa - but all fresh snowfall is welcome. Conditions especially higher up should be nice this morning. Most of the lifts are operating now for the weekend with just the Kandahar and Karasawa pair not moving and a few more courses opening up - later on course details as below. Unfortunately Skyline isn't open at the start of the weekend. There will be a lot of people around this weekend, it being a long weekend and then the famous Nozawa Fire Festival coming up on the 15th. That is always a lot of fun, more on that early in the week. For now though snow continues to fall from the skies and more is forecast over the next few days. We might have a break later today but it will be back by Sunday night and then through the day on Monday looks especially promising for potentially Nozawa-like amounts of snow. Bring it on, I say. As no doubt everyone else is saying too! Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 105cm Uenotaira: 95cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 15cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 10cm Uenotaira: 13cm Hikage: 8cm Nagasaka: 8cm Karasawa: 8cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 9th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 133cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 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 30cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 138cm Posted on Monday 11th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Yesterday things got a bit on the wet side in the region, but this morning there is fresh snow on the ground. There's about 5cm here in base areas and the resort is reporting a fresh layer of 7-8cm on the upper Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas of the resort. Poor visibility by the looks on those upper areas this morning and better lower down - but it's higher up where most people will be heading... The snow clouds are going to weaken this morning probably leaving us with just cloudy skies for the rest of the day. Regular snowfall is actually on the forecast now over the coming week so I'll just leave it at that for now and we'll see how it pans out. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 95cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 10cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 7cm Uenotaira: 8cm Hikage: 5cm Nagasaka: 5cm Karasawa: 5cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 11th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 138cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 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 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 4cm Snowfall at base this season 145cm Posted on Sunday 17th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . It was great to see 'proper' snowfall during the day yesterday at times. By proper, I mean the kind of heavy snowfall that we take for granted here but has been something of a stranger this season so far. The heavy stuff didn't last for that long, often going back to lighter snow, but hopefully a sign of what is to come in the next few days... Was good to see more snow than was on the forecast as well! It's a cold morning but the sun breaking through some of the clouds that remain and increasing amounts of blue sky on show. My apologies I was not able to catch any updates the report made yesterday afternoon regarding fresh snowfall on the mountain but they have this morning increased the snow depths on all areas by 5-10cm. The webcams for the upper areas this morning are looking very inviting with some blue skies and sunshine up there and that new layer of snow. Should be good. Hopefully things will be much better too with snow forecast every day from tonight to the end of the week at least - and at times particularly around Tuesday/Wednesday, significant snowfall is expected. There's a chance that the storm may start with some rain lower down here in the village but quickly change into snow. We all go up to enjoy the snow this morning with great anticipation for what is about to come. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 105cm Uenotaira: 100cm Hikage: 25cm Nagasaka: 20cm Karasawa: 10cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday (apologies for any missed numbers during the day yesterday: Yamabiko: 0cm Uenotaira: 0cm Hikage: 0cm Nagasaka: 0cm Karasawa: 0cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 17th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 145cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 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 42cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 141cm Posted on Saturday 16th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. There may be a few more hangovers than normal this morning after the events of last night so a good morning to get early lifts up. Would be better if there were 30cm of fresh up there but we're going to have to do with the 2cm reported by the resort. It's the weekend so all lifts at the resort are moving this morning, apart from the Kandahar pair and the Karasawa pair. Courses that are open remain the same... for those to open it's all about snow. Early to mid week is still looking extremely promising for Nozawa-like heavy snowfall. If the weather co-operates and the forecasts are right, we might get rained on around Monday but then the storm arrives bringing with it heavy snow. Look to that for around Tuesday-Thursday. Come onnnnn! For the moment there's still plenty of fun to be had of course - just not quite what we expect... head to the higher slopes for more snow and the better conditions. Until tomorrow... have a good Saturday. Official snow depths: Yamabiko: 100cm Uenotaira: 90cm Hikage: 20cm Nagasaka: 15cm Karasawa: 5cm New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday: Yamabiko: 2cm Uenotaira: 2cm Hikage: 2cm Nagasaka: 2cm Karasawa: 1cm Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 16th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 141cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 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 38cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 139cm Posted on Tuesday 12th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here . Good morning from Nozawa. There's a lot of cloud up there but also some blue sky and the appearing at times too making for some dramatic scenery at times. It's keeping nice and cold too. Only a bit of snow since the report yesterday really not much more than a dusting really. Snow is still expected to be back with us later on and a real mix of things on the forecast over the next week. Still hoping for regular snowfall amongst the clearer skies here and there. It does look like colder conditions are here to stay at least. Other than that, let's just keep watching for forecast to see where the journey takes us. This morning though it should be very good to be up there on those upper areas. Here we are back to weekdays and that means a number of ski lifts being rested, though the open course situation remains unchanged. Weekday and so less people around. The famous Fire Festival is coming soon though and so we always expect more people around for that. Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 12th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 139cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 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 36cm 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