Nozawa Onsen Snow Forecast (bottom mountain)

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Nozawa Onsen at 565 m altitude

Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 08 Feb 2026

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	Sun 8		Monday 9			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	mod. snow	heavy snow	light snow	light snow	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
km/h	NW	NW	WNW	NW	SSW	SSW	W	SSW	WSW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	SW	WSW	NW	WSW
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cm	9	13	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	-6	-6	-2	-2	-7	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	-5	3	3	-1
min °C	-8	-9	-4	-6	-8	1	1	-1	2	0	-4	-1	-5	-6	1	-1	-3
chill °C	-16	-17	-11	-8	-8	-1	-1	-5	2	-3	-8	-4	-5	-8	-1	-1	-3
Humid %	93	93	92	85	72	57	76	79	100	100	97	83	73	72	65	83	86
Freeze m	0	0	0	250	0	1000	1350	1200	1300	900	450	300	500	0	800	1000	500

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	5:17	—	—	5:19	—	—	5:20	—	—	5:21	—	—	5:22	—	—	5:22	—

Next 0-3 days weather summary:

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Becoming milder with moderate rain (total 10.0mm) on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue morning, min -9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Wed morning).

Next 4-6 days weather summary:

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Wed night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Sat morning, min -6°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

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Powder day!. It's snowing, the week ahead looks good. from Ikenotaira Onsen Alpenblick

Nozawa Onsen Snow Conditions

Top snow depth:	270 cm
Bottom snow depth:	150 cm
Fresh snowfall depth:	26 cm
Last snowfall:	7 Feb 2026
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Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (2)

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Snow History

Week 2 of February has on average:

0.5	Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind.
3.0	Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind.
0.0	Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind.

Nozawa Onsen Snow History

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After the Sapporo olympics of 1972, Japan invested wildly in ski resorts but a combination of economic stagnation, declining population and a strong currency took their toll and the bubble burst. Hundreds of ski resorts were subsequently abandoned and the majority that survived (still about 600) haven't generally made enough money to reinvest. Old lifts and tired buildings are still widespread at many resorts but those are the only negatives in a country where so much scores so highly. The Japa

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Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (2)

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

Snowsure 4.3
Variety of pistes 4.0
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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.

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Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen

Overall: 4.0 Based on 45 votes and 14 reviews

Snowsure 4.3
Variety of pistes 4.0
Off-piste 4.0
Scenery 4.7
Apres-Ski 3.8

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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Resort	Snow Depth	Temp. (°C)
Top Lift:	2.7 m	-17
Middle Lift:		-13
Bottom Lift:	1.5 m	-9

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