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Snow Monkey at Jigokudani, Yamanouchi, Japan.

Taken in the Jigokudani Snow Monkeys Park - Yudanaka Japan. One of the few places in the world you can witness monkeys bathing in the Onsen, natural warm water baths. When the temperatures drop, the monkeys warm up by jumping in the hot springs.

Shot of this youngster taken at Jigokudani “Hell’s Valley” Wild Monkey Park located in the valley of the Yokoyu River which is part of the Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park near Nagano on the main island Honshu, Japan. Best wishes and have a nice day, Harry

Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑 Jigokudani Yaen Kōen) is in Yamanouchi, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan . It is part of the Joshinetsu Kogen National Park (locally known as Shigakogen), and is located in the valley of the Yokoyu-River, in the northern part of the prefecture. The name Jigokudani, meaning "Hell's Valley", is due to the steam and boiling water that bubbles out of small crevices in the frozen ground, surrounded by steep cliffs and formidably cold and hostile forests. The heavy snowfalls (snow covers the ground for 4 months a year), an elevation of 850 metres, and being only accessible via a narrow two kilometre footpath through the forest, keep it uncrowded despite being relatively well-known.

snow monkey - jigokudani nagano japan

Another of my Snow Monkey series, taken in Jigokudani park in the middle of winter. This particular picture will be show shortly in the popular UK photo mag, Digital SLR Photography.

This is one of the first photos I ever took of a snow monkey ten years ago, and t's still one of my favorites. It's from the Jigokudani snow monkey park in Japan near Nagano. The park's changed a lot since then and is often quite crowded now.

Snow monkey of Jigokudani Yaenkoen. The Japanese macaque, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species native to Japan. It is also sometimes known as the snow monkey because it lives in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year — no primate, with the exception of humans, is more northern-living, nor lives in a colder climate. Individuals have brown-grey fur, red faces, and short tails. (via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque)

One more image in this Snow Monkey series while I love these guys with an attitude :-) After putting the lens for about 10 minyutes in his face the older Macaque looked at me with a face which does say enough I think, while the punk is going on with its grooming work :-) Shot taken at Jigokudani hotspring in the mountains near Nagano, Honshu, Japan. Best regards, Harry