Volcano
Mount Iwaki: 1 Live Camera in Japan — Tsugaru's lone peak
Mount Iwaki, refreshed every two minutes by the Japan Meteorological Agency. It stands alone on the Tsugaru plain, so the whole outline fits in one frame.
What you can see
Mount Iwaki is a lone peak standing by itself on the Tsugaru plain. With no other mountain behind it, the whole outline fits inside the frame. Cameras in a mountain range cannot do that.
The shape is gentle, with long skirts running out to left and right and only the top broken into two or three shoulders. It is best known as the mountain beyond the apple orchards, but this camera is not looking at the orchards: it is square on to the mountain itself.
The burn-in reads Mount Iwaki (Hyakuzawa-higashi). The agency always writes the volcano's name first and the observation point in brackets, so what is in the brackets is where the camera stands, not what it is looking at.
The camera belongs to the Japan Meteorological Agency and exists to watch for eruptions. The picture changes every two minutes.
Cameras you can watch now: 1
All 1 are still images. Tap one to open it in the camera list.
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Sample August 2026
Mount Iwaki
Hirosaki, Aomori · Volcano · Nature
A free-standing peak visible from anywhere on the Tsugaru plain. Its long, spreading flanks above the apple orchards are a familiar sight.
When to watch
October is the month that makes the most difference. Colour comes down from the top, so on any one day the upper slope and the skirts are different colours.
For time of day, morning. Cloud builds over the mountains of Tohoku in the afternoon, and on many days the summit is hidden by early afternoon. Because this mountain stands alone on a plain, its shape reads clearly from a long way off whenever there is no cloud.
In winter the days are short: in December it is dark before 16:00. Once snow settles, the shoulders and the spread of the skirts are actually easier to pick out.
How the steam shows depends on temperature. The colder the day, the whiter and thicker it comes out; in summer the same amount looks thin.
If it isn't showing
The eight cameras of the region are gathered in The Volcanoes of Tohoku. Nearby is Mount Hakkoda, and the first snow of autumn is in First Snowcap.
All of the agency's cameras are in JMA Volcano Watch Cameras, and the cameras of the same prefecture in Aomori.
Every volcano camera is in Volcano, and the article is What volcano cameras are looking at.
Where to find Mount Iwaki
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.