Relentless Reporting

More photos from Japan as conditions improve.

Conditions still not good at the bottom of Hakuba - photo courtesy of SpongeBob

And this pretty well sums it up - photo courtesy of SpongeBob

But SpongeBob says it's much better up high where they are getting some freshies

Grey skies over Hakuba - photo courtesy of SpongeBob

'Shirakaba' - photo courtesy of Rosco
From reading reports from SpongeBob & Rosco, more snow fell in Niseko

The Changing of the Bulbs ceremony - photos courtesy of Rosco
It's a long way up or down, depending on how you look at it

'Stop leaning back' & a Redbank member in Waterfall - photos courtesy of Rosco

'Unknown Gate 5 warrior' - photo courtesy of Rosco

Thredbo yesterday - looking a little better today but still feels like winter :-)

Last night the temperature up top above Thredbo Village dropped below 3C and the wind chill dipped as low as -2.2C although the wind never went above 39kph.

The forecast for Thredbo is for a warming in time for the Thredbo Craft Beer Festival on Saturday :-)

PS: an apology from Rosco, who accidentally sent me the photo of "Water under the bridge" (as seen in yesterday's report), saying it was taken in Victoria not Niseko. Still, it's a fascinating picture.