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Lotte Arai Resort at 804 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 30 May 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 16.0mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Wed night, calm by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||
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clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | mod. rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | |
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max °C | 20 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
min °C | 18 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
18 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | |
31 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 42 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 85 | 82 | 80 | 97 | 99 | |
3200 | 3450 | 3400 | 3450 | 3550 | 3550 | 3800 | 3900 | 3950 | 4150 | 4200 | 4300 | 4200 | 4300 | 4900 | 4300 | 3950 | 3850 | |
 | 4:30 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — |
 | — | 6:59 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:01 | — |
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Lotte Arai Resort Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Niigata are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Photos of Lotte Arai Resort
Mtn by Bobby Blaze 🔥
Mountain top by Shane Jennings
fresh lines Arai by Jerry Sinclair
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Lotte Arai Resort at the specific elevation of 804 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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- Goofy TreeHugger from China writes:
Visited January 2019. A major storm system moved in, we had about 1.5m of fresh powder in 2 days. Words do not do justice to the the amazing slack country available direct from the lifts. Arai is a little low, so it can get wet at the base. But the good riding is all from the top, above a normal freeze line. I did not get into the back country due to avalanche risk. Lotte Arai is expensive compared to Nozawa, Akakura, Madarao, Tangram etc. At 7000Yen a day including a returnable deposit, there is a big difference to the other local resorts. Facilities are amazing. There is only 1 hotel: Lotte Arai, with around 350 rooms, so the mountain gets a max of 1000 people on it. That may sound a lot but facilities cope very well. There is no easily accessible town (a shuttle bus to Arai Town) so you are stuck in the resort. Myoko Snow Sports run a ski school there. So there are English speaking instructors. There are good facilities for children and the hotel offers daycare. Summary: expensive but good.
Visitor Reviews of Lotte Arai Resort
Goofy TreeHugger from China writes:
Visited January 2019. A major storm system moved in, we had about 1.5m of fresh powder in 2 days. Words do not do justice to the the amazing slack country available direct from the lifts.
Arai is a little low, so it can get wet at the base. But the good riding is all from the top, above a normal freeze line. I did not get into the back country due to avalanche risk.
Lotte Arai is expensive compared to Nozawa, Akakura, Madarao, Tangram etc. At 7000Yen a day including a returnable deposit, there is a big difference to the other local resorts. Facilities are amazing. There is only 1 hotel: Lotte Arai, with around 350 rooms, so the mountain gets a max of 1000 people on it. That may sound a lot but facilities cope very well. There is no easily accessible town (a shuttle bus to Arai Town) so you are stuck in the resort.
Myoko Snow Sports run a ski school there. So there are English speaking instructors.
There are good facilities for children and the hotel offers daycare.
Summary: expensive but good.
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