River
The Hijikawa River: 3 Live Cameras in Japan
The Hijikawa in Ehime on three cameras: below the Nomura dam, the outlet gates of the Kanogawa dam, and the bridge at Ozu, upstream to downstream.
What you can see
All three are fixed on one place. They are not touring feeds, so there is no waiting for the point you want. The order here is upstream to downstream.
Below the Nomura dam looks at the left bank just downstream of the dam on the upper Hijikawa. Because it holds that one view, you can follow how the water comes out when a release begins.
The Kanogawa dam outlet gates face the opening where the midstream dam discharges. This is the point where you can see how much it is letting through without reading a number.
The Hijikawa bridge crosses the river beside the old castle town of Ozu. Water gathered in the basin upstream passes here on its way to the Iyo Sea.
Open the three in order and you see the whole run, from the dam release to the water passing the castle town. With two dams upstream, the level moves not only with rain but with how they are operated.
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
Nomura Dam, just downstream
Seiyo, Ehime · River
Looking at the left bank immediately below Nomura Dam, on the upper Hijikawa. The camera holds this one spot, so a release can be followed from the moment it starts.
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Stream cover
Kanogawa Dam outlet gate
Ozu, Ehime · River
The outlet of Kanogawa Dam on the middle Hijikawa, seen head-on. How much the dam is passing is readable here without looking at any number.
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Stream cover
Hijikawa Bridge
Ozu, Ehime · River
A bridge over the Hijikawa beside the castle town of Ozu. Water gathered in the basin upstream passes here on its way to the Iyo Sea.
When to watch
The best use is during a release. The two dam cameras face the gates head on, so the start and end of a release are visible. Open the Hijikawa bridge afterwards and you see it arrive downstream.
Heavy rain and typhoons work the same way. But the rougher the day, the darker the picture, and rain blurs the lens. Make evacuation decisions from your local authority. These cameras are for seeing how things look.
On a calm day the bridge is the one to open. The reach runs beside the castle town, so you see the revetments and how the bank between river and town is used.
The operators publish no best season, so we do not set one here either.
If it isn't showing
The source is the Shikoku 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.
All three are in Ehime. The Nomura dam is in Seiyo; the Kanogawa dam and the bridge are in Ozu.
The other river laid out from below the dam to the mouth is The Naka River in Tokushima, four cameras from the Nagayasuguchi dam down to the Anan plain. For Kyushu there is The Rivers of Oita.
Where to find The Hijikawa 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.