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Japan Weekly Roundup #302
Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 19 February 2026: Honshu and Hokkaido remain in excellent midwinter shape with regular snowfall and deep bases.
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Nozawa Onsen at 565 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 20 Feb 2026
Nozawa Onsen Weather
(Next 3 days):
Nozawa Onsen Weather (Days 4-6):
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 1°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.Nozawa Onsen Weather (Days 7-16):
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cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | |
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max °C | 4 | -1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
min °C | 0 | -1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
0 | -1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
50 | 67 | 46 | 51 | 60 | 40 | 34 | 66 | 95 | 80 | 77 | 57 | 62 | 95 | 97 | 86 | 85 | |
1200 | 650 | 1350 | 1650 | 2000 | 2450 | 2600 | 2400 | 1350 | 1200 | 1550 | 2250 | 2400 | 2150 | 1700 | 2300 | 2500 | |
 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — |
 | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:35 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min -1°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 1°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
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- 32 hours ago
Snowing at Nozawa Onsen. from Nozawa Onsen
- 34 hours ago
It is snowing heavily in Nozawa Onsen. from Nozawa Onsen
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35 hours ago
Great snow conditions throughout area. It's snowing, the week ahead looks good. from Ikenotaira Onsen Alpenblick
- 36 hours ago
For Nozawa Onsen: Not much wind here, just a light breeze. Cold. The new snow is ankle deep. Every lift is open. from Nozawa Onsen
- 37 hours ago
Snow is falling at Nozawa Onsen. from Nozawa Onsen
Nozawa Onsen Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 265 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 140 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 16 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (2)
Snow History
Week 3 of February has on average:
0.3 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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2.9 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Nozawa Onsen at the specific elevation of 565 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Nozawa Onsen. 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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Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen
Overall 4.0 Based on 45 votes and 14 reviews
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- Peter from United States writes:
Nozawa is growing up. While the ratio of Japanese visitors to international visitors in the winter is fairly constant (70:30ish), there's increasingly more of the services that inbound guests want. There are several places to get excellent coffee, breadcentric breakfasts, etc, and the accommodation base in the village is gradually being upgraded. But this remains a real working mountain village (3,600 residents year-round) that just happens to have an Olympic-quality ski field. It feels much more like a small European resort (think Lech, Gstaad, or its twin, St. Anton), although culturally you're absolutely aware that you're in Japan. There's been a ski resort here for over 100 years so the snow and mountain management is world class. The village continues to invest and will replace the main gondola over the next two years. After the opening of the new shinkansen a few years ago, it's just over two hours from Tokyo so much more accessible than it used to be. The green season is picking up, with a lot of winter athletes training on the artificial slope, as well as mountain bikers rubbing shoulders with the regular guests looking for cool weather, local food/sake/beer and onsen.
Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen
Peter from United States writes:
Nozawa is growing up. While the ratio of Japanese visitors to international visitors in the winter is fairly constant (70:30ish), there's increasingly more of the services that inbound guests want. There are several places to get excellent coffee, breadcentric breakfasts, etc, and the accommodation base in the village is gradually being upgraded.
But this remains a real working mountain village (3,600 residents year-round) that just happens to have an Olympic-quality ski field. It feels much more like a small European resort (think Lech, Gstaad, or its twin, St. Anton), although culturally you're absolutely aware that you're in Japan. There's been a ski resort here for over 100 years so the snow and mountain management is world class.
The village continues to invest and will replace the main gondola over the next two years. After the opening of the new shinkansen a few years ago, it's just over two hours from Tokyo so much more accessible than it used to be. The green season is picking up, with a lot of winter athletes training on the artificial slope, as well as mountain bikers rubbing shoulders with the regular guests looking for cool weather, local food/sake/beer and onsen.
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