It is a fine morning here in Nozawa Onsen, but that's not really what I wanted to be reporting.

There's some blue sky and sunshine on the top of the mountain along with a selection of cloud - more low cloud than high - and it feels like it is going to turn into a fine morning. Not a huge amount of snow up on the top slopes of the resort, which means that an opening tomorrow is looking unlikely unless we can get something good going tonight. But there is no official news coming from the resort yet.

The forecast shows some promise of some snow in the coming week especially at higher elevations but we may well get rained on down here in the village.

Keep an eye on the forecast and I will post a report tomorrow morning with the latest.