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It was a magical evening last night on Hikage watching the sun come down in a gradual gradient of pastel shading over Mt Myoko!

Two or three nights a week the locals kids' (elementary school age) ski club "Jr.Jr." - that is run under the village Nozawa Onsen Ski Club from which hail tens of ol...

We enjoyed the Night Lantern Festival put on at the Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort in the Hikage bowl area last evening. There were some performances with fire dancing and lanterns. Then the resort groom team showed off their skills with lights leading the way. The history of skiing in Japan was dr...

The weather has been cold but sunny for the most part of the last week now, making for some nice bluebird ski days up on the mountain, sunglasses in the village. Getting a little whiff of springtime in the air although it looks like we have more snow coming (always some spring snow in Nozawa On...

It’s been a beautiful weekend, great powder on Friday and Saturday, then the sun came out yesterday and bright and shiny again today, temperatures still low here in Nozawa Onsen Village.

The competition season is beginning now with Nozawa being the hub for local winter athletics in the downhi...

There’s been a pretty good pummeling of new snow over the last week, more to come it looks like. The nice thing is how light the quality of the powder has been.... can’t even feel it in your shovel! And of course under your feet feels like flying or gliding over the terrain! The sun came out ...

The ‘all-school ski day’ on Friday for Nozawa Onsen Academy Elementary (Primary) School was great fun for the kids with racing and games, but the kids are always a bit more resilient to the cold especially when with friends! We got pummeled with about a foot (30cm) of powder during the day and t...

After a few weeks of nearly nonstop snow, generally snow at night then some sun or clouds in the day, there has been a few day break with sunshine and a bit of rain yesterday.

The second snow dumping of the roof for the season has brought our front and back yard snow level up nearly to the balc...

The sun came out today after plenty of fresh snow has been poured out from the clouds and then cleared off of the roofs and roads.... making literal mountains of snow in various places around our quaint Nozawa Onsen Village where, such as here at the village gym next to village hall. The kids a...

The snow just keeps coming here in Nozawa Onsen Village. After the iconic fire festival finished last week, the mountain gods have rewarded us with powder and more powder nearly every day with no end in sight on the forecast.

Today was such a gorgeous bluebird day with the silver world on the...