Appi Kogen is a resort in Iwate - Tohoku (Japan) skied between 740 and 1305 metres, with 21 km of pistes and 15 lifts.
The camera shows real visibility and snow on the ground, not the forecast. Snow depth by altitude — 740 to 1305 m — and the days ahead are in the Appi Kogen snow report.
Which lifts and runs Appi Kogen opens is published by the resort every morning and changes with the wind: the upper ones, up to 1305 m, are the most exposed. If the camera is a white blur mid-morning, that is usually why.