Average annual snowfall, peak base depth, snow quality, midwinter temperatures and storm patterns for every ski prefecture in Japan.
Snow depth and a seven-day snowfall forecast for ski areas across Japan on one page, with temperature, snowfall and wind adjusted for base and summit elevation.
Snow on the Sea of Japan side comes from north-west winds hitting the mountains. When the wind swings north-west, Niseko, Myoko and Yuzawa stack up fast.
Forecast data refreshes hourly and sits beside the webcam stills, so you can check visibility and surface conditions that numbers alone never show.
We cover 573 ski areas and 127 live webcams in total, across Hokkaido, Nagano, Niigata, Tohoku, Gunma, Gifu, Fukui, Yamagata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Our introduction to Hokkaido, Our introduction to Nagano Prefecture, Our introduction to Fukushima Prefecture, Our introduction to Iwate Prefecture.