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Aogashima: 1 Live Camera in Japan — the double caldera

Aogashima, refreshed every two minutes by the Japan Meteorological Agency. A hill inside a caldera, looked down on from above the rim.

What you can see

Aogashima is a caldera with another hill inside it — a volcano within a volcano. It is also the least populated inhabited island in Japan.

The camera looks down into that inside. Leaves hang into the near edge of the frame, the hill sits in the middle, the caldera wall runs up both sides, and sea and sky open out beyond. The shape of the whole island fits into one picture, which is rare.

The burn-in reads Aogashima (Tetoriyama). What is in the brackets is where the camera stands, not what it is looking at.

The camera belongs to the Japan Meteorological Agency and exists to watch for eruptions.

Cameras you can watch now: 1

All 1 are still images. Tap one to open it in the camera list.

• Sample August 2026

  Aogashima

  Aogashima, Tokyo · Volcano · Sea

  A double caldera with another hill rising inside the first. It has the smallest population of any inhabited island in Japan.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

When to watch

The picture is replaced every two minutes.

Island cameras are weak against cloud and fog. There is sea on every side, so damp air hits the island as it is and hangs on the hill. From the rainy season through summer there are stretches of days where you open it and get white.

Aim for winter. After the northwesterly monsoon blows, the air dries out and both the island's outline and the far sea come up clearly. Aogashima is the southern end of the chain, so even in the same winter the light lasts longer here — open one island in the late afternoon and this is the one with something still lit.

For time of day, early morning. Past midday, air rising up the slope turns to cloud and can hide just the top of the hill.

Summer into autumn is typhoon season here. With one approaching the screen goes dark and raindrops blur the lens.

If it isn't showing

The seven cameras down the chain are gathered in The Izu Islands. One island north is Hachijojima.

All of the agency's cameras are in JMA Volcano Watch Cameras, and the cameras of the same prefecture in Tokyo.

Every volcano camera is in Volcano, and there is a read: What volcano cameras are looking at.

Where to find Aogashima

• Tokyo19

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.