Nozawa Onsen Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Nozawa Onsen is: Moderate rain (total 17.0mm) heaviest on Fri night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Fri afternoon, min -4°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
Nozawa Onsen Weather (Days 4-6): A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Mon morning, min -5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
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| Top Lift: | 2.0 m | -6 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | -3 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 0.7 m | 2 | |
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light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | heavy rain | rain shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | cloudy | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 2 | 2 | -1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
min °C | 1 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -4 | -2 | -2 | -5 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -3 | -5 |
-3 | -2 | -3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | -5 | -10 | -7 | -6 | -5 | 0 | -3 | -2 | -5 | -6 | -5 | |
85 | 83 | 65 | 55 | 57 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 90 | 86 | 78 | 92 | 71 | 75 | 93 | 92 | 71 | 92 | |
600 | 750 | 0 | 1900 | 2000 | 1650 | 900 | 750 | 200 | 250 | 550 | 0 | 450 | 700 | 300 | 300 | 500 | 0 | |
 | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — |
Moderate rain (total 17.0mm) heaviest on Fri night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Fri afternoon, min -4°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Mon morning, min -5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
Latest snow reports near Nozawa Onsen:
Great snow conditions throughout area. Clear blue skies, most lifts are open. from Ikenotaira Onsen Alpenblick
Rain and snow or hail reported from Nagano at 120 metres elevation 8 kms SE of Iizuna Kogen Ski Resort from Iizuna Kogen
Snow falling at Myoko Suginohara. from Myoko Suginohara
Snowing heavily at Akakura Onsen. from Akakura Onsen
| Top snow depth: | 195 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | 65 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 19 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
1.6 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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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Overall 4.0 Based on 45 votes and 14 reviews
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.
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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