Another Friday and we have been enjoying some lovely conditions still here in Hakuba this last week or so with some fine autumn colours on show.

Lately we seem to have a run of fine days with blue skies and not much cloud, and then a break where the clouds move in. Yesterday was one of those days but today we have seen clearer skies after some cloudy early in the morning and now we are being treated to a very fine early evening.

Temperatures have been mild as well and today rose to around 19 degrees in town. So it's not feeling like winter is round the corner at all here at the moment.

It should be getting cooler early next week but no snow on the horizon at the moment. Hold tight, not that much longer now. It will only be a matter of weeks now and hopefully we'll be enjoying those first turns of the season. Resorts will be ready and I'm sure we will be too!