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Nozawa Onsen Snow Report

New Snow (Resort): 50cm New Snow (Village): 40cm Weather: Heavy snow Snow Depth: 295cm (Yamabiko) Outlook: Heavy snow continuing Open Areas: All runs are open Heavy snow set in around [...]

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Weekly Outlook

An interesting weather pattern has developed over the last couple of weeks which has been unusual for Japan at this time of year. Depression after depression has approached from the [...]

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Nozawa Onsen Snow Report – Saturday

New Snow (Resort): 20cm (Yamabiko) New Snow (Village): Nil Weather: Clear Snow Depth: 210cm (Yamabiko) Outlook: Looking like we may get some snow tonight at the top, possibility of rain in [...]

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Weekly Outlook

The snow in Nozawa is currently looking very second hand. The entire mountain is tracked and the pockets of untracked that remain are fairly crunchy to ski through. However, after [...]

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Weekly Update

There is a developing depression currently approaching Japan from the Southwest which is going to provide some interesting weather over the next few days. The origin of this system is [...]

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Weekly Outlook

It has been very un-January like in Japan recently as warm temperatures and sadly rain have affected the resorts even up in Hokkaido. The siberian high which generates the cold [...]

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Over the last few days dual low pressure systems have tracked across Japan bringing snowy weather to the northern half of the country. The second system is sitting just north [...]

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The last week has been a treat for Nozawa. We have had a strong established Siberian high in combination with the Aleutian low sending cold winds over the sea of [...]

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Merry christmas everyone!! And it looks like its going to be a very white christmas in Nozawa too. The siberian high is starting to send those cold northwesterlies down towards [...]

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Weekly Outlook

The snow does not appear to be too far away for Nozawa!! The resorts of Honshu have been waiting patiently for the last couple of weeks whilst the likes of [...]

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