River
The Hii and Kando Rivers: 3 Live Cameras in Japan
The Hii River empties into Lake Shinji, and the Kando carries a share of it to the Sea of Japan. Sand from upstream keeps raising the bed of the Hii.
What you can see
All three are fixed on one spot.
Shin-Ikagaya is a water-level station on the Hii. The Hii is known as a raised-bed river: sand carried down from upstream lifts the channel, and the height difference across the levee is this river's standing problem.
Kamijima is on the Hii where it empties into Lake Shinji. Water out of Okuizumo passes here on its way into the lake.
Maki on the Kando is a station in the same system that measures discharge along with water level. It is the river the floodway connects to, the one that sends a share of the Hii's water to the Sea of Japan.
The Hii's water goes to the lake; what goes down the floodway goes to the sea. It is a system with two destinations, so opening the main stem beside the Kando shows how the water divides.
Cameras you can watch now: 3
All 3 are live video. Tap one to open it in the camera list.
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Stream cover
Hii River, raised bed
Shimane · River
Another station on the Hii River. Sand carried down from upstream keeps lifting the bed, and the height difference between the river and the land behind the levees is this river's standing problem.
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Stream cover
Hii River, lower gauge
Shimane · River
A water-level station on the Hii River, which feeds Lake Shinji. Water off the Okuizumo hills passes here on its way into the lake.
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Stream cover
Kando River gauge
Shimane · River
A station on the Kando River, in the Hii system, measuring level and discharge together. The floodway that carries Hii River water out to the Sea of Japan joins it.
When to watch
Heavy rain is the time. Because the bed is raised, a rise puts the height difference across the levee on screen. Decide about evacuation from your local authority. The cameras here are for seeing how things look.
Maki on the Kando measures discharge too, so the share diverted to the Sea of Japan shows up there. Open it beside the two on the main stem.
The worse the day, the darker the picture, and raindrops blur the lens. Do not expect much of the image.
On a calm day the reach below Kamijima, close to the lake, is the easiest to watch. 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.
All three are in Shimane.
The other rivers in the same prefecture are The Gono River and The Takatsu River. For a dammed river against an undammed one, go to the Takatsu.
Where to find The Hii and Kando Rivers
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.