Volcano

Mount Hakusan: 1 Live Camera in Japan

A volcano on the Ishikawa–Gifu border, ranked with Fuji and Tateyama as one of Japan's three holy mountains. The 'hakusan' in dozens of plant names is this peak.

What you can see

Hakusan is 2,702 m and has drawn worship as the sacred peak of Kaga for centuries. With Mount Fuji and Mount Tateyama it makes up the three holy mountains of Japan.

It is also famous for alpine flora. Hakusan-ichige, Hakusan-furo, Hakusan-chidori — a great many plants carry 'Hakusan' in their names, either because they were first found here or because this is the mountain they are taken to represent.

It sits on the Ishikawa–Gifu border, and since each of those prefectures has only one camera, neither has a page of its own. This is the page for Hakusan. It is one of the continuously monitored volcanoes, and the camera watches for change in the mountain itself.

Cameras you can watch now: 1

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

• Sample August 2026

  Mount Haku

  Ishikawa / Gifu border · Volcano · Nature

  With Fuji and Tateyama, one of the three mountains of old Japanese religious practice. Its eruption record ends in the Edo period and it has been quiet since.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

When to watch

It stands in the heavy-snow belt on the Sea of Japan side, and the snow is deep and lasts. The climbing routes are open only from about July to October; outside that, almost nobody goes up. The camera runs all year, so you can see Hakusan with nobody on it.

The alpine flowers are July and August, but the camera takes the mountain from a distance and the flowers themselves are not in shot. You read the season instead from how far the snow has gone and how high the green has climbed.

For time of day, morning. Damp air comes in off the Sea of Japan easily, and cloud tends to build over the summit through the afternoon. On a clear winter morning the air is sharp and the white mountain cuts hard against the sky.

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.