Morning from Yuzawa and it's going to be another fine day here. It felt really warm in the afternoon in particular yesterday with beautiful blue skies and feel-good sunshine. Real t-shirt weather.

Warm overnight too keeping in double digits.

And more of the same looks likely for today.

Sun is forecast over the weekend as well, perhaps not quite as warm tomorrow, but you won't need the thermals!

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Official snow depths:
** General opening plans - any unplanned closures will be mentioned in the above report **

GALA Yuzawa:
Official snow depth of 180cm.
The Central Area and most of the North Area.
The South Area is now closed.
The downhill course is also now closed - get down back to base using the Gondola.

Kagura:
Official snow depth of 310cm.
All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open.

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Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region
Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed.

Open until Wednesday May 6th:

- Naeba (*closed on weekdays, open ONLY on weekends and holidays [except April 29th])
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro)

Open until Sunday May 31st:

- Kagura (Mitsumata)