River
The Gono River: 6 Live Cameras in Japan — gorge to the sea
Six cameras on the longest river in western Japan, from the hills of Hiroshima to the sea at Gotsu, ordered as the water runs.
What you can see
All six are fixed on one spot. They are not rotating feeds that cycle through several points, so there is no waiting for the place you want. The order here is upstream to downstream.
Bishamon Bridge crosses the upper river on the Hiroshima side. From here the water runs northeast and gathers its tributaries at Miyoshi.
Minamihatashiki and Terado sit on the Bassen, the tributary that joins at Miyoshi. The Miyoshi basin is low ground where rivers meet, and it is known for its fog. Two cameras let you watch the tributary before it reaches the main stem.
Tsuga Bridge is in the middle reaches, now in Shimane, in the stretch where mountains close in from both sides.
Kawamoto is a water-level station on the Shimane side, where the water that came down from Miyoshi passes through.
Kawahira is the closest to the mouth of the four on the main stem — a little further and the river is out at sea.
Cameras you can watch now: 6
All 6 are live video. Tap one to open it in the camera list.
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Gono River, Bishamon Bridge
Hiroshima · River
A camera on Bishamon Bridge, which crosses the upper Gono on the Hiroshima side. From here the river runs down to the north-east and gathers its tributaries at Miyoshi.
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Basen River gauge
Hiroshima · River
A water-level station on the Basen River, which joins the Gono at Miyoshi. The Miyoshi basin is low ground where rivers gather, and is known for its fog.
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Basen River, second camera
Hiroshima · River
Another camera on the Basen River. With the gauging station on the same river it gives two views of this tributary before it reaches the Gono.
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Gono River, Tsuga Bridge
Shimane · River
A camera on a bridge over the middle Gono River, in the stretch where hills close in on both banks.
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Gono River, middle gauge
Shimane · River
A water-level station on the Shimane stretch of the Gono, the longest river in the Chugoku region. Water that came down from Miyoshi in Hiroshima passes here.
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Gono River, nearest the mouth
Shimane · River
A station low on the Gono River. Of the four cameras on this main stem it is the closest to the mouth, with only a short run left to the sea at Gotsu.
When to watch
Heavy rain and typhoons are when these matter. Open them in order from Bishamon Bridge and you see the flood reach Miyoshi, then the gorge, then Gotsu.
The Bassen turns muddy before the main stem does: it drains a smaller area, so it reacts to rain sooner. It joins at Miyoshi, so the lower river moves after this one does.
But the worse the day, the darker the picture, and raindrops blur the lens. Do not expect much of the image, and decide about evacuation from your local authority. The cameras here are for seeing how things look.
On a calm day the gorge at Tsuga Bridge is the one to watch. The lower the water, the clearer it is how close the mountains stand on either bank. The operator publishes no best season, and we do not set one here.
If it isn't showing
The source is the Chugoku Regional Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. These are test feeds and can stop without notice. How to tell why a screen is blank is in What is happening when a live camera shows nothing.
By prefecture: three in Hiroshima, three in Shimane.
The same bureau also runs The Hii and Kando Rivers and The Takatsu River. For rivers laid out from a dam to the mouth, see The Hijikawa River and The Naka River.
Where to find The Gono 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.