January 15th update 9:50am: Heavy Snow coming onshore

Heavy snow is now making its way onshore from the NW covering Kiroro and moving into Niseko. Road conditions and visibility are rapidly deteriorating. Please use caution. Below is a radar screen shot from 9:50am (courtesy of JMA) and a traffic camera at 9:25am (courtesy of hbc.co.jp), west of ​Akaigawa.