Lotte Arai Resort Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Lotte Arai Resort is: Mild with light rain (total 3.0mm) on Fri night Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Fri morning, min -5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Sat morning).
Lotte Arai Resort Weather (Days 4-6): A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Sun afternoon, min -5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | -5 |  | ||||
| Middle Lift: | 0 |  | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 5 | |
Thursday 5 | Friday 6 | Saturday 7 | Sunday 8 | Monday 9 | Tuesday 10 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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snow shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | cloudy | light snow | mod. snow | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | |
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Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -4 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -5 |
min °C | -1 | -1 | -1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -5 |
-6 | -4 | -1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | -6 | -9 | -12 | -11 | -8 | -8 | -3 | -6 | -3 | -10 | -9 | -8 | |
78 | 80 | 56 | 42 | 56 | 95 | 77 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 77 | 83 | 74 | 80 | 93 | 94 | 70 | 85 | |
650 | 800 | 1250 | 2000 | 2000 | 1500 | 850 | 700 | 300 | 300 | 550 | 0 | 450 | 600 | 350 | 300 | 500 | 0 | |
 | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:49 | — |
Mild with light rain (total 3.0mm) on Fri night Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Fri morning, min -5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Sat morning).
A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Sun afternoon, min -5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
Latest snow reports near Lotte Arai Resort:
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
Heavy snow is falling in Akakura Onsen. from Akakura Onsen
| Top snow depth: | — |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 11 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.8 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
1.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.2 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Lotte Arai Resort at the specific elevation of 804 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Lotte Arai Resort. 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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Resort name is also written as ARAI Mountain and Spa.
Overall 3.4 Based on 6 votes and 4 reviews
Visited January 2019. A major storm system moved in, we had about 1.5m of fresh powder in 2 days. Words do not do justice to the the amazing slack country available direct from the lifts. Arai is a little low, so it can get wet at the base. But the good riding is all from the top, above a normal freeze line. I did not get into the back country due to avalanche risk. Lotte Arai is expensive compared to Nozawa, Akakura, Madarao, Tangram etc. At 7000Yen a day including a returnable deposit, there is a big difference to the other local resorts. Facilities are amazing. There is only 1 hotel: Lotte Arai, with around 350 rooms, so the mountain gets a max of 1000 people on it. That may sound a lot but facilities cope very well. There is no easily accessible town (a shuttle bus to Arai Town) so you are stuck in the resort. Myoko Snow Sports run a ski school there. So there are English speaking instructors. There are good facilities for children and the hotel offers daycare. Summary: expensive but good.
Goofy TreeHugger from China writes:
Visited January 2019. A major storm system moved in, we had about 1.5m of fresh powder in 2 days. Words do not do justice to the the amazing slack country available direct from the lifts.
Arai is a little low, so it can get wet at the base. But the good riding is all from the top, above a normal freeze line. I did not get into the back country due to avalanche risk.
Lotte Arai is expensive compared to Nozawa, Akakura, Madarao, Tangram etc. At 7000Yen a day including a returnable deposit, there is a big difference to the other local resorts. Facilities are amazing. There is only 1 hotel: Lotte Arai, with around 350 rooms, so the mountain gets a max of 1000 people on it. That may sound a lot but facilities cope very well. There is no easily accessible town (a shuttle bus to Arai Town) so you are stuck in the resort.
Myoko Snow Sports run a ski school there. So there are English speaking instructors.
There are good facilities for children and the hotel offers daycare.
Summary: expensive but good.
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