Long Weekend Ski Japan One of the busiest days of the Season in Nozawa The February long weekend has traditionally been a big one for Japanese ski resorts. Celebrating National Foundation day and remembering all the efforts by our forebears from years gone by. Lots of folk up from Tokyo to ski and have a fun weekend in Nozawa. Lift lines were as long as have seen almost any day this season and we thank everyone that made the trip up. Was tricky to find a park sometimes 🙂 It was a bit of a mixed bag on the slopes, snowing lightly up top but the snow was almost slow going down low. The resort reporting 5cm of fresh overnight […]
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Web Cams Nozawa Onsen
Web Cams Nozawa Onsen Snow Gods finally taking a rest in Nozawa Everyone was pretty happy to see the sun yesterday. None more than our local Postman. Now he just needs to dig out all those letter boxes. There should be a few people sending it today too 🙂 Amazing day on the slopes yesterday and everything up high and down low just looks incredible with marshmallow like snow all over the place. Just a few centimetres of fresh overnight and the sky is trying to clear now. Base has consolidated a bit at 440cm and remaining frosty cold at – 8 degrees with very little wind. If you dare please check out the web cams today it looks sublime; […]
Average Snowfall Nozawa Japan
Average Snowfall Nozawa Japan Snowfall for the history books in Nozawa! There you have it we are having the biggest snow season for at least 10 Years. We totalled 120cm yesterday and another lazy 40cm overnight. The total for this storm now over 2 meters but I am starting to lose count. Base now at 475cm this morning so exceeding the 2014/15 season peak. Forget about cars getting buried, some buildings are starting to disappear. The Weather Bureau of Japan has Nozawa sitting at Number 1 for most snowfall over the day yesterday in all of Japan. It is also the most snowfall for the start of February in history they are saying. Temps at -11 degrees up top and […]
Record Snow Fall Nozawa
Record Snow Fall Nozawa Holy Moly maybe the biggest dump of the season and base hits 450cm in Nozawa! Never under estimate what Mother Nature can throw at us in Nozawa. A huge 70cm dump of fresh snow falling on our heads overnight and still snowing hard. I had a feeling we may flirt with the 4 meter mark today but 4.5 meters. What an epic season. It has been a few years since we have seen snow hit this depth in Nozawa. The big 2014/15 Season we were at 425cm on this day! That season went on to see a peak of 470cm for what was a massive season. With more snow expected today will be interesting if we […]
Snow Dance Nozawa Onsen
Snow Dance Nozawa Onsen Someone has been doing their Snow Dance in Nozawa Waking up to another “Magic Foot” overnight in Nozawa and the tap is still fully turned on. Currently snowing nicely in town as people make their way up to the lifts and a morning coffee. Drop into see Sumika san at Gondola Cafe in Wabi Sabi if heading up. It is going to be an epic day on the hill with 26cm reported overnight and the Base jumping to 370cm, the peak so far this season, with more to come. Temps are a chilly -8 degrees up top and it will stay super cold for the next few days with this Northern system bearing down on us […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Sign
Nozawa Onsen Snow Sign Who has touched the sign in Nozawa? Anyone that has visited Nozawa knows this road sign at the top of Uenotaira run just after you get out of the Nagasaka Gondola and head down hill. It is part of the road that leads from Nozawa across the top of the mountains to Shiga Kogen. It is not every season you can touch it, depends on the snow depth I am guessing it is about 5.5 meters above the ground in summer so now pushing a 350cm base if you jump a bit you should be able to just about reach it! Another Magic Foot of fresh snow overnight, the perfect amount just above the boots and […]
Accommodation Nozawa Onsen Japan
Accommodation Nozawa Onsen Japan Another half a meter overnight and still snowing in Nozawa! Another big system passing through Nozawa has yet again unloaded bucket loads of snow on our little town. The locals are struggling to keep up with the snow shovelling but the powder hounds are rejoicing. The base is now at 360cm up top at Yamabiko and even down at Nagasaka at the bottom of the Gondola we have 275cm of snow. It is going to be a long season for sure. Good news is we have full sunshine on the way tomorrow morning for a sunny weekend ahead again. Good timing for anyone coming up to ski this weekend as the snow and conditions will be […]
Perfect Day Nozawa Onsen
Perfect day Nozawa Onsen Days like these… These are the kind of days you saw of snow in picture books as a kid growing up. If you decided to take the day off today and escape your office space in Tokyo for some mountain time then you made a wise decision. Show your boss todays Web Cams and sure they will understand too 🙂 https://nozawa-onsen.com/nozawa-webcams/ Another 10cm of fresh overnight bringing the tally of this dump close to a meter of fresh snow. Temps are a nice and fresh at – 8 degrees and the sunshine is glorious. On piste will be perfection and there will be spade loads of powder up for grabs everywhere. For all those that cannot […]
Snow Tokyo Ski Japan
Snow Tokyo Ski Japan Snow time for Tokyo! Snow Tokyo Ski Japan Nozawa is not the only place in Japan experiencing a snow filled winter this year. Tokyo also got hit with its own little snow storm yesterday and 10cm of fresh was recorded. Always pretty special to see snow in Tokyo as it does not happen very often. This was the first decent fall in 4 years. 10cm in Nozawa is hardly worth raising the shovel for but in Tokyo it always causes a bit of chaos with transport from planes, trains to automobiles all in a bit of array amongst the city pow. Back in Nozawa we had 6cm of fresh overnight with base sitting at 255cm up […]
Best Time Ski Japan
Best Time Ski Japan Every day is a good day in Nozawa and each month has pros and cons but depending on what you are looking for you will love Japan for skiing from December to April every year. Here is a link to let you know a little more about each month in Nozawa;Best Time Ski Japan Perfect day on the slopes in Nozawa Greeted by some sunshine this morning and the mountain looks amazing. Do yourself a favour and check the web cams today ; https://nozawa-onsen.com/nozawa-webcams/ Link in Bio. Very few people about and I would say close to a perfect day. The resort only reporting a little fresh overnight but it snowed all day yesterday so as […]