Volcano

Mount Hakkoda: 1 Live Camera in Japan — Jigokunuma

Mount Hakkoda in Aomori, refreshed every two minutes by the Japan Meteorological Agency. In the foreground is Jigokunuma, a pond clouded by steam and hot water.

What you can see

Mount Hakkoda is a volcano south of Aomori city. What the camera puts in the foreground is Jigokunuma, a pond beside Sukayu Onsen.

Its water is clouded by steam and hot water. Sulphur hangs over the whole area, and in winter snow and steam mix together.

The frame is the pond in front, a wooded slope behind it, and several rounded peaks along the back. Cloud sits on those peaks often enough that on many days the pond is all you get.

The camera belongs to the Japan Meteorological Agency and is there to watch for eruptions, so the aim does not change when the peaks are hidden.

Cameras you can watch now: 1

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

• Sample August 2026

  Jigokunuma, Hakkoda

  Aomori · Volcano · Nature

  A pond beside Sukayu hot spring, clouded by steam and hot water. Sulphur hangs in the air, and in winter snow and steam mix together.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

When to watch

The picture is replaced every two minutes.

Steam reads whiter the colder it is. When it looks as though more is coming out, it is usually just the temperature. In summer the same amount barely shows.

October is when the colour on the Tohoku mountains changes most. It comes from the north, and from the top down.

Cloud builds through the afternoon, so morning sees further. In December it is dark before 4 p.m.

If it isn't showing

The places with steam coming out of the ground are collected under Geothermal Areas.

For the Tohoku volcanoes together see The Volcanoes of Tohoku, and for the cameras in the prefecture, Aomori.

Every one of the agency's cameras is under JMA Volcano Watch Cameras, all the volcano cameras under Volcano, and there is a piece on What volcano cameras are looking at.

Where to find Mount Hakkoda

• Aomori4

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.