River
The Fuji River: 1 Live Camera in Japan — steep and fast
Water from the Southern Alps and the foot of Mount Fuji, dropping into Suruga Bay. Counted among Japan's three swiftest, with pale gravel across its bed.
What you can see
The Fuji gathers water from the Southern Alps and the foot of Mount Fuji and drops into Suruga Bay. The run from mountain to sea is short and the fall is large, which is why it is counted among Japan's three swiftest rivers.
This one feed is a touring stream stepping through several points along the river. You cannot choose the point. The upper course in Yamanashi and the lower course in Shizuoka swap places within the same feed.
What stands out on screen is the pale gravel of the bed. A fast river carries stone downstream without grinding it fine, so the bed opens out wide and pale. When the water is low it splits into several thin threads between the stones.
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Fuji River
Yamanashi–Shizuoka · River
A river that gathers water from the Southern Alps and the foot of Mount Fuji and drops into Suruga Bay. It is counted among Japan's three swiftest rivers, with wide beds of pale gravel.
When to watch
The water moves in heavy rain and typhoons. With a large fall the level rises quickly once rain starts. Make evacuation decisions from your local authority.
On a calm day the low-water bed is the thing to watch. The way the flow divides between the pale stones is hidden when the water is high.
Whether Mount Fuji is in frame depends on which point the feed is showing. The operators publish no best season, so we do not set one here either.
If it isn't showing
The source is the Kanto Regional Development Bureau. These are test broadcasts and can stop without notice. How to tell why a screen is blank is in What is happening when a live camera shows nothing.
The river crosses Yamanashi and Shizuoka. The mountain the water comes from is on Mount Fuji, where four cameras face the same summit from different directions.
The same kind of touring feed is on The Rivers of the Kanto Plain. Closest in steepness are the Seki, Hime and Kurobe on The Hokuriku and Shinetsu Rivers.
Where to find The Fuji River
Agencies publishing the cameras on this page
- MLIT river live streams (Government Standard Terms 2.0) — 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.