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Mount Iwate: 1 Live Camera in Japan — Nanbu Fuji

Mount Iwate, northwest of Morioka, refreshed every two minutes by the Japan Meteorological Agency. This camera sees the broken side, not the neat cone.

What you can see

Mount Iwate rises northwest of Morioka, and is also called Nanbu Fuji.

It only looks like Fuji from the west. Seen from the east the ridge is broken, and the outline changes so much it is hard to believe it is the same mountain.

The burn-in on this picture reads Iwate-san (Kashiwadai). What is in frame is a summit on the left and a long ridge running off to the right, not a clean triangle. Worth knowing before you open it expecting a cone.

The camera belongs to the Japan Meteorological Agency and is there to watch for eruptions, not for the view, so the aim does not change when cloud covers the summit. The time stamp sits bottom-right.

Cameras you can watch now: 1

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

• Sample August 2026

  Mount Iwate

  Iwate · Volcano · Nature

  Rising northwest of Morioka, also called Nambu-Fuji. A clean cone from the west, a ragged ridge from the east — the outline is entirely different.

  JMA Still, every 2 min Open the official page →

When to watch

The picture is replaced every two minutes, so you can keep reopening it while you wait for a gap in the cloud.

Morning is the better time. Cloud builds over the Tohoku mountains through the afternoon, and on many days the summit is gone by early afternoon.

October is the month that changes most. The colour comes down from the top, so the mountain looks different at the start and the end of it.

Winter days are short here: in December it is dark before 4 p.m.

If it isn't showing

For the Tohoku volcanoes together, see The Volcanoes of Tohoku.

Every one of the agency's cameras is listed under JMA Volcano Watch Cameras, and the cameras in the prefecture under Iwate.

To follow the first snow of the year, see First Snowcap. All the volcano cameras are under Volcano, and there is a piece on What volcano cameras are looking at.

Where to find Mount Iwate

• Iwate2

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.