ASIA WEEKLY ROUNDUP #230

Asia Intro

Japan Report

It has been a quieter week on Japanese slopes with more clear skies and more resorts seeing their snow stats depths dip a little as the snowpack settles rather than grow in the last 7 days. There have been some light snowfalls though and some have seen their numbers up more significantly, with ski areas in Aomori and Gifu prefectures seeing the greatest slope snow depth growth of 20-30cm (8-12”). Tengendai Kogen Ski Area  (150/350cm / 60/140”) near Yonezawa City in Yamagata is posting Japan’s deepest snow with Niseko (110/310cm / 44/124”) not far behind.

Japan Forecast

After a rather warm start to the week temperatures are expected to plummet over the next few days to double-digits below and moderate to heavy snowfall continues through the rest of this week.

Image: Japan snowfall forecast for the next 3-6 days.