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Japan New Year's Eve Snow Roundup #295
Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 31 December 2025: classic mid-winter conditions bring frequent snowfall to Honshu and Hokkaido.
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Lotte Arai Resort at 329 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 01 Jan 2026
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mod. snow | mod. snow | heavy snow | mod. snow | mod. snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | mod. snow | mod. snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
min °C | -1 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -1 | -7 | -1 | -4 | -4 |
-4 | -4 | -2 | -1 | -5 | -7 | -4 | -4 | -9 | -2 | 0 | -5 | -4 | -6 | -10 | -3 | -7 | -7 | |
97 | 97 | 98 | 93 | 98 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 95 | 98 | 87 | 96 | 93 | 89 | 73 | 84 | 67 | |
200 | 300 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 0 | 250 | 450 | 0 | 400 | 600 | 250 | 850 | 350 | 0 | 200 | 500 | 0 | |
 | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — |
 | — | 4:39 | — | — | 4:40 | — | — | 4:42 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:44 | — | — | 4:44 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Sat morning, min -5°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Light rain (total 4.0mm) on Mon morning. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Mon morning, min -7°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
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Latest snow reports near Lotte Arai Resort:
14 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
9 minutes ago
Excellent on and off piste conditions. Heavy snow just keeps on falling. from Ikenotaira Onsen Alpenblick
31 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
1 hour ago
Freezing rain reported from Nagano at 120 metres elevation 8 kms SE of Iizuna Kogen but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Iizuna Kogen
12 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
2 hours agoContinuous moderate snow reported from Takada at 18 metres elevation only 2 kms E of Kanayasan Ski Resort from Kanayasan
Lotte Arai Resort Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 45 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in Japan - Niigata are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (2)
Snow History
Week 1 of January has on average:
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
0.9 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
Lotte Arai Resort Forecast Snowfall
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Lotte Arai Resort at the specific elevation of 329 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Lotte Arai Resort. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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Resort name is also written as ARAI Mountain and Spa.
Visitor Reviews of Lotte Arai Resort
Overall 3.4 Based on 6 votes and 4 reviews
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- mag from United States writes:
This place is to reopen Dec 2017. There is Shin-kansen bullet train and it takes 2 hours from Tokyo.
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mag from United States writes:
This place is to reopen Dec 2017. There is Shin-kansen bullet train and it takes 2 hours from Tokyo.
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