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30th July 2010 |
The last week or
so there have been some extremely hot conditions
throughout Japan. Even in the mountains,
it has been hot though a little cooler in the
last few days.
We have had some
more fine weather this last week with fairly hot
temperatures and lots of nice blue skies with
summer clouds in the sky. Today the sun
isn't out but it looks like a return to the hot
and sunny conditions from Sunday into next week.
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22nd July 2010 |
Good news.... rainy season is now
officially over and summer weather conditions
have arrived. With the warmer temperatures
even up on the mountains, there has been a lot
of activity with new flowers blooming and some
beautiful scenery with the blues of the sky
contrasting with the green and other colors on
the mountainside. More fine, sunny
and hot weather is lined up on the forecast for
the coming week (with perhaps just a chance of
rain on Sunday). Best
mountain views usually to be seem in the early
morning!
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14th July 2010 |
We have
experienced some heavy rain over the last week
as the rainy season continues. The good
news is that the forecast is looking good for
some clearer and more summer-like weather over
the next week starting from around Sunday, along
with hotter temperatures perhaps into the lower
30's at village levels.
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9th July 2010 |
We are still
seeing changeable weather conditions in the
mountains. Yesterday was a fine day - hot
and sunny - while today is a cloudy start with
rain forecast for later on. We should see
more fine conditions tomorrow before more rain
forecast for the first half of next week.
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24th June 2010 |
We are very much
into rainy-season weather at the moment.
It is more humid down at village level though
cooler up on the mountain but lots of cloud and
rain over the last week.
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18th June 2010 |
We have had mixed weather in the
last week but a fair share of blue skies again
as the below photos show. And there's
still a fair bit of snow around too!
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11th June 2010 |
The generally fine weather
conditions have continued in the last week for
the most part with a lot of blue skies and sun.
Snow continues to retreat up the mountainside
and flowers and plants are coming into life as
each week passes. It is a truly fine time
to be in the area and on the mountains.
Good weather is forecast for the weekend with a
chance of a few days mid-week when we might see
some rain.
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3rd June 2010 |
In the last few
days we have experienced some fantastic weather
conditions in the region. There has been
lots of blue sky, spring-like clouds and
comfortably warm temperatures with cool breezes.
Temperatures in the daytime in the village are
around the low 20's.
There is still
about a meter of snow in places in the Park, but
it is gradually melting away.
It looks like we
can expect similar conditions to continue in the
coming week, so a lovely time to be outdoors and
on the mountainsides.
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27th May 2010 |
We have had mixed
weather conditions over the last week since the
Park has opened for the green season. It is not
as hot as usual for the end of May, and on days
like today is actually keeping very cool - just
12 degrees today. It looks like things should
warm up a bit late weekend and into next week
though, with more sunny weather on the forecast.
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20th May 2010 |
Spring is with us, though the
snow from the winter remains higher up on the
mountains as can be seen in the photos below
taken this week.
Tsugaike Natural Park opens today for what is
locally known as the "green season", and you can
take the Gondola up the mountain again from
today as well. With snow still up there
though, you need to be prepared.
We will post regular photos on
this page over the coming weeks and months.
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6th May 2010 |
Golden Week has come and gone and
the ski and snowboard resorts in town are now
officially closed after a good winter season.
It sure doesn't feel like winter anymore now
with temperatures soaring into the 20's!
We will be bringing information and photos from
Otari to this page soon. |
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