Jigokudani Yaenkoen, located near Nagano in Japan, is where the Japanese Macaques (popularly known as the Snow Monkeys) can be observed as they soak in an onsen, a monkey’s only onsen.
The walk to this area is aprroximately 1.5kms and is the only way to get to the observation area. So it doesn’t matter if you fall in the royalty or wealthy category. Everyone has to do the walking to get here. It is breathtaking walk though.
near the entrance to the Snow Monkey Park
Snow monkeys soaking in their onsen
Watching us watching them
and this is how humans express their gratitude to the animals.
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