19 cm of snowfall in Niseko over the last 24 hours. At 7:30 this morning the temperature was -8°C. Winter has returned! The 2025/26 season officially kicks off today with Grand Hirafu opening for the season.
We’re set for a couple of days of heavy snowfall, so hopefully a few more resorts will follow soon.
We were out of town for most of November, so our cumulative totals combine our own observations here in Higashiyama with snowfall reports from Snow Japan in Hirafu.
By the way, Snow Japan has some next-level historical data in today’s post, looking back at past seasons on this same date. Highly recommended if you like digging into the numbers.
Here’s to a safe, happy, healthy, and FUN 2025–26 winter season in Niseko and beyond!!
Useful information from other places
- Accumulative snow fall to date in Niseko, 59cm
- Snow depth at the peak, 120cm
- Snow depth at the base, 30cm
- Real time lift operations.
- JMA’s six hour precipitation forecast, possibly the most accurate weather map
- Snow Forecast 6 day weather summary
360niseko Snow Station Readings Disclaimer
Our intention is to post daily snow reports if there is snowfall but there are consecutive days of no snowfall then we will most likely not do a “Snow Report” The 360niseko’s snow station for the 2025-26 season is in Higashiyama at 200m *The Hirafu Gondola is at 305m. Please be aware that this new reading is NOT in Hirafu village but a few kilometers down the road. There is always a deviation how and where the snow falls – the area is famous for micro climates and mini weather patterns. Some days there may be 10cm in Annupuri and 25cm in Hanazono and vice versa – some days 30cm of fresh snowfall comes down everywhere!! Altitude plays a big part as well so please don’t take the 360niseko snow readings as being definitive – the readings are taken from what is outside our house on the ground.
私たちの意図は、降雪があるが降雪がない日が続く場合は、毎日の雪レポートを投稿することです。その場合は、「雪レポート」は行わない可能性が高くなります。 2024-25シーズンの360nisekoのスノーステーションは東山の200mにあります。*ヒラフゴンドラは305mにあります。この新しい読み物は平府村ではなく、数キロ先にあることに注意してください。雪が降る方法と場所には常に偏差があります。この地域は、微気候と小さな気象パターンで有名です。アンヌプリで10cm、ハナゾノで25cm、またはその逆の日もあります。30cmの新雪がいたるところに降り注ぐ日もあります。高度も重要な役割を果たします。360nisekoの雪の測定値を決定的なものと見なさないでください。測定値は、家の外の地面から取得されます。
