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Nagano Live Cameras in Japan — 4 official webcams
Three volcanoes of the southern Northern Alps — Yakedake, Norikura and Ontake — plus a scenery camera from the Norikura highlands. All sit on the Gifu border, with 3,000-metre ridgelines in shot.
4 cameras in Nagano
All 4 are still images. Tap one to open it in the camera list.
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Sample August 2026
Mount Norikura from Norikura Plateau
Matsumoto, Nagano · Nature
A 3,000-metre ridgeline seen from the plateau below. Snow patches survive the summer, and on clear days you can pick out every notch in the ridge.
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Sample August 2026
Mount Yake
Nagano / Gifu border · Volcano · Nature
Standing just south of Kamikochi. The 1915 eruption dammed the Azusa River and created Taisho Pond. Steam still rises near the summit.
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Sample August 2026
Mount Norikura
Nagano / Gifu border · Volcano · Nature
A bus takes you to nearly 2,700 metres. The camera looks at the summit ridge from the Norikura plateau side, where snow stays on the ridge for months.
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Sample August 2026
Mount Ontake
Nagano / Gifu border · Volcano
The 2014 eruption caused heavy casualties among climbers, and prompted a national review of how volcanoes are monitored.
When to watch
The Norikura Kogen camera looks up at Mount Norikura from around 1,500 m. Autumn colour runs from late September into mid-October, working its way down from the summit to the foot.
The higher the mountain, the more reliably cloud builds through the afternoon. For a clean ridgeline, open these early or through the morning. Mount Ontake has been watched more closely since the 2014 eruption, and the Meteorological Agency camera is part of that.
Closer looks at cameras here
Agencies publishing the cameras on this page
- Japan Meteorological Agency — volcano surveillance cameras (PDL 1.0) — Official site
- Ministry of the Environment — Internet Nature Institute (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.