Nozawa Onsen... where's the snow?

[kort]

Geez we are heading over there in like 3.5 weeks ....getting a bit worried over the lack of white stuff there atm..... :(

Anyone else heading over there? Should I be worried?

[JA2340]

Same answer as I posted on the other side. Plenty of stuff up top, look at the cams. here

[24]

not that much actually. we have a bit longer....

check out the forecast for Christmas day!

[Boardingbuny]

We are heading there but not till feb

[popshuvit]

I was speaking to a couple of nihon ladies last week, and they said that traditionally, the cold air doesn't hit Honshu until around xmas time.
And looking at the snowforecast website, this looks to be right on cue.

[popshuvit]

Kort.. They are reporting around 10cm overnight there with more on the horizon.
I am heading to Myoko and they have reported 50+ cm.. [img]graemlins/woohoo.gif[/img]

[kort]

Pops: thanks for that! Out of interest, is Myoko nearby Nozawa?

[Donza]

Originally posted by kort:
Pops: thanks for that! Out of interest, is Myoko nearby Nozawa?

Yeah you can see Mt Myoko from the top of Noz on a clear day.

Near as teh crow flys, but getting between would be a pain without a car.

[24]

might try a day trip somewhere around the 8th of feb or so... u interested BB?

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[JA2340]

And the forecast dump seems to have happened! Looks like the whole resort will be open by the end of this weekend, and ready for the New Years holidays.

2 weeks after that I'll be there, more snow is forecast between now and Jan 5.

look here