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Iwate Live Cameras in Japan — 2 official webcams

Two cameras, on Mount Iwate and Mount Kurikoma. Both are volcanoes under constant watch by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and both read the season through lingering snow and autumn colour.

What you can see

Both cameras belong to the Japan Meteorological Agency and exist to monitor volcanoes, not to show off a view. The framing is therefore fixed: the same angle on the same mountain, every day, indefinitely. Open one at the same hour on several days running and the only thing that changes is how far the snow or the autumn colour has moved.

Mount Iwate is a clean cone from the west and a ragged ridge from the east — the same mountain with two different outlines. Mount Kurikoma straddles Iwate, Miyagi and Akita, so it is reachable from the neighbouring prefecture pages too.

Mount Iwate's outline differs by viewing direction because it is not one mountain. On the west side there is an older volcano whose summit collapsed, leaving a hollow. Overlapping it on the east is a newer cone built afterwards, and that is the clean shape you see from the Morioka side. Two volcanoes of different ages stand side by side under a single name. The camera is fixed, so you can check that overlap from the same angle every day.

2 cameras in Iwate

All 2 are still images. Tap one to open it in the camera list.

• Sample August 2026

  Mount Iwate

  Iwate · Volcano · Nature

  Rising northwest of Morioka, also called Nambu-Fuji. A clean cone from the west, a ragged ridge from the east — the outline is entirely different.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

• Sample August 2026

  Mount Kurikoma

  Iwate / Miyagi / Akita border · Volcano · Nature

  A volcano on the border of Iwate, Miyagi and Akita, updated every two minutes by the Japan Meteorological Agency. A pale blue pond sits in a hollow among the green slopes. Autumn colour runs from late September into October, working down the slope from the top.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

When to watch

Mount Iwate is a free-standing peak, sometimes called the Fuji of the north, and its long skirt of foothills fits neatly into the frame. Watch for the snow patterns that emerge in early spring, and for colour coming down from the summit between late September and October.

Mount Kurikoma is known for autumn colour and straddles three prefectures — Iwate, Miyagi and Akita.

Closer looks at cameras here

• JMA Volcano Watch Cameras49
• Mount Kurikoma1
• The Volcanoes of Tohoku8
• Mount Iwate1
• Autumn Leaves16
• First Snowcap16

Agencies publishing the cameras on this page

• Japan Meteorological Agency — volcano surveillance cameras (PDL 1.0) — Official site

The footage belongs to each agency. This site is an unofficial guide, and each sample frame was copied once per camera under that agency's terms of use.