Tokachi Ohashi Bridge
About the Tokachi Ohashi Bridge Camera
This camera covers Tokachi Ohashi Bridge, one of the road crossings over the Tokachi River in Obihiro, the main city of the Tokachi region. It's a practical view for checking traffic flow and river conditions on the route into the city center.
The Tokachi River freezes and thaws with the seasons, and river-level cameras like this one are also used locally to watch for high water after heavy rain or snowmelt.
The Tokachi drains a very large basin for a Hokkaido river, and the reason cameras like this one matter locally became clear in August 2016, when three typhoons crossed Hokkaido in quick succession and flooding across Tokachi washed out roads and bridges. Watching water level and speed under a crossing is routine here in a way it is not on most rivers.
Highlights & Nearby
- •Watch for: road traffic crossing the bridge, river water level, ice cover in winter
- •Nearby: downtown Obihiro, Tokachi River, Obihiro Racecourse
- •Note: visibly high or fast water below the bridge can signal recent heavy rain or snowmelt upstream
