Hello from Nozawa and not much exciting to report unfortunately, other than the inevitable delay in opening. Not enough snow means that the lifts can't move yet. The resort will now basically open as soon as there is enough snow.

This morning there is a lot of cloud down below but I can see from the webcams that it's blue skies up top so I expect there is a good chance that the low clouds will clear and we'll end up with a fine day here.

Temperature is currently about 1C.

So when can we expect some snowfall? Looks like tomorrow will bring rain - even higher up - but it should be turning into snow by the end of the day and hopefully Monday will be snowy (at least in the higher elevations).

I'll post a new report on Monday. Until then, have a good weekend.