It was raining last night and earlier this morning but it is really trying hard to snow now even down here to village level. Nothing is sticking yet and it is all a bit wet at the moment, but there's definitely white stuff falling. And the forecast looks good for snow tonight. I hope to be able to report some fresh on the ground tomorrow morning.

Take a look at the images below - the first one is from the Yamabiko C course and the second one from the Paradise course area... both showing snow on the ground, though just a think covering by the looks. The third image is from the base Hikage area where as you can see it's still looking very brown and green. Soon hopefully it'll all be white.

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How do you like the way the reports look now? As well as a nice new clean look, there is a lots of data to take in. While we wait for the snow to fall, please take a good look at what is on the pages now. You can now very clearly compare seasonal data and get a good idea of how recent seasons have gone in terms of snowfall. All very interesting, I'm sure you'll agree. In case you did not notice, there is a completely new page to this report called 'Snowfall Analysis' - click on the big blue tab link towards the top of this page.

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Nozawa Onsen hopes to be able to open for the season on Saturday 26th November 2016.