Author Archives: Tim

Well, it happened – the dreaded R….. ‘rain’ ….. from last night and throughout the day today there has been light rain and drizzle down in the village of Akakura [...]

After a stunning sunny morning the clouds have rolled in this afternoon, and with the dreaded southerly winds bringing warmer temperatures the treat of rain is looming this evening. It [...]

Just a dusting of snow overnight and promising patches of sunshine earlier on today, but the wind picked up and the weather closed in as the day progressed. Some lifts [...]

There was about 30cm of new snow across the Myoko resorts today and fantastic sunny conditions for sliding. Temperatures stayed nice and low so the snow is still in good [...]

A beautiful sunny day today in Akakura Onsen but the wind was blowing pretty hard and this kept many of the Myoko resorts from opening lifts. Besides, you know you’ve [...]

Strong winds overnight moved a lot of snow around so ut’s a bit hard to tell what’s new but the resorts are reporting up to 40cm has fallen. Temperatures are [...]

Another morning of snow clearing at Hotel Mumon, but only about 35cm today…. ONLY! As usual the biggest overnight snowfall was recorded at Seki Onsen where 80cm was to be [...]

This is getting a little ridiculous – another 30~80cm of new snow today, on top of the last two days of about the same…. needless to say the chore of [...]

Another day of deep, deep snow in Myoko Kogen – 30~80cm of new snow on top of the huge dump yesterday! Powder boards and fat skis were the order of [...]