NISEKO NOW! SnowJapan.Com Report from Thursday, 01st December 2011 10:45:03 December 1 2011, 10:45am via snowjapan.com

The taps got turned on in Niseko late last night and carried on through the morning. Locals awoke to at least 30cm on the ground (some people reporting over 40cm). Snow is extremely light and powdery. The mountain peak got close to a metre of snow in little over 12 hours, .....