Volcano

Asahidake, Daisetsuzan: 1 Live Camera in Japan

The highest peak in Hokkaido, and the first place in Japan where autumn colour starts. Steam rises from vents on its flank. Meteorological Agency monitoring, every two minutes.

What you can see

Asahidake is 2,291 m, the highest point in Hokkaido and the main peak of the Daisetsuzan range. In the Ainu language the range has long been called Kamuy Mintar — the garden where the gods play.

It is an active volcano, and the area on its flank called Jigokudani still vents. The white streaks in the frame are that. It is clearly visible from around Sugatami Pond, at the top of the ropeway.

The Environment Ministry also has an Asahidake camera, but the rights to that footage rest with a third party, so it is not carried here. What you get on this page is the single Meteorological Agency camera.

Cameras you can watch now: 1

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

• Sample August 2026

  Mount Asahi, Daisetsuzan

  Higashikawa, Hokkaido · Volcano · Nature

  The highest peak in Hokkaido. White steam rises constantly from Jigokudani midway up, seen looking up from the Sugatami area at the top of the ropeway.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

When to watch

Daisetsuzan is known as the first place in Japan where autumn colour starts. In an early year it turns in mid-September, with the slopes going red and yellow while Honshu is still finishing summer. It is short, too — some years it is over by the end of September.

First snow is early as well, whitening the summit between late September and early October. There are a few days when autumn colour and first snow are in the frame together, and that is the thing to catch.

Winter days are short: in December it is dark by mid-afternoon. For a Hokkaido morning, open it about an hour earlier than you would for Honshu. The vents show best on a cold winter morning.

Where Asahidake, Daisetsuzan is

• Hokkaido15

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.