Nozawa Onsen is a resort in Nagano (Japan) skied between 565 and 1650 metres, with 50 km of pistes and 21 lifts.
The camera shows real visibility and snow on the ground, not the forecast. Snow depth by altitude — 565 to 1650 m — and the days ahead are in the Nozawa Onsen snow report.
Which lifts and runs Nozawa Onsen opens is published by the resort every morning and changes with the wind: the upper ones, up to 1650 m, are the most exposed. If the camera is a white blur mid-morning, that is usually why.