This live camera is installed in Anshin-cho, Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and shows the Anma River. It lets you check the river water level, flow, rising water conditions, and surrounding weather as still images. It is a river monitoring camera that is useful when you want to understand local river conditions before or during heavy rain or typhoon approaches.
The Anma River is a first-class river in the Tenryu River system that flows through Hamamatsu. It passes near urban and residential areas in Chuo Ward, so checking the river camera together with weather forecasts, rain cloud radar, and a nearby map can help you understand current conditions around Anshin-cho.
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- Live Camera Information
- What You Can Check With the Anma River Live Camera
- How to Check Water Level and Rising River Conditions
- Information to Check During Heavy Rain or Typhoons
- Map and Nearby Areas Around the Anma River
- Weather in Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
- Rain Cloud Radar Around Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
- Map Around Anshin-cho, Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
- Related Live Cameras Around the Anma River
- Nearby Live Cameras
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Live Camera Information
- Stream type: still image
- Update interval: 10 minutes
- Managed by: Hamamatsu City Civil Engineering Department River Division, Hamamatsu City Civil Engineering Information System
- Location: Anshin-cho, Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka 435-0005
- What can be checked: Anma River water level, river flow, rising water conditions, and surrounding weather
- Image source: created by modifying material from the Hamamatsu City Civil Engineering Information System website
What You Can Check With the Anma River Live Camera
The Anma River live camera shows the current condition of the river near Anshin-cho in Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City. Knowing the normal width of the river and how the water surface usually looks can make it easier to notice changes during heavy rain or typhoons, such as rising water, faster flow, and changes around the riverbank or revetment.
It can also be useful before commuting, going to school, going out, or using roads near the river. During bad weather, check the camera from a safe place and avoid approaching the river in person.
How to Check Water Level and Rising River Conditions
When checking the condition of the Anma River, it is best to look not only at the live camera image but also at water-level data, rainfall data, and rain cloud radar. If strong rain falls in a short period of time, water levels may rise quickly due to rain upstream or in nearby areas.
At night or during severe weather, camera images may be difficult to see. Always check official disaster prevention information and evacuation information from local authorities as well.
Information to Check During Heavy Rain or Typhoons
When heavy rain or a typhoon is approaching, check the Anma River live camera together with the weather forecast for Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, rain cloud radar, river water levels, and evacuation information. Because parts of the Anma River area are close to homes and roads, do not go near the river if water levels are rising. Give priority to the latest information issued by local governments and weather agencies.
Map and Nearby Areas Around the Anma River
The Anma River Anma river-monitoring live camera shows the river around Anshin-cho in Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City. Nearby areas include roads toward National Route 1 and the Tenryu River area, so on days with heavy rainfall it is important to pay attention to road conditions as well as river conditions.
Checking the camera location on a map can also help you understand its relationship to nearby river cameras around Anshin-cho, Ichino-cho, and Tenno-cho.
Weather in Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Rain Cloud Radar Around Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
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Map Around Anshin-cho, Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
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Related Live Cameras Around the Anma River
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