The only place in the world where monkeys bathe in hot springs
The Jigokudani Yaen-koen (altitude 850 meters) is located in the Valley of Yokoyu River sourced from Shiga-Kogen of the
Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park in northern part of Nagano prefecture.
Because of the very steep cliffs and the steam coming off the springs in everywhere, ancient people called this valley ‘Jigokudani (Hell valley)’ .
Also it is buried in snow almost one third of the year. Even that kind of severe environment here is a paradise on earth for monkeys to live in.
The troops of wild Japanese macaque (they are popularly known as snow monkeys) inhabit here naturally through the ages.
Since the establishment of Jigokudani Yaen-koen in 1964, it has been a worldwide popular place for watching the bathing
monkeys in a hot spring and for ecological observation of researchers or photographers,
and some of them who visited here have accomplished certain results in the area.
Please enjoy watching the cute monkeys in hot spring♨️
⭐️”Snow Monkey Resorts” web site
https://en.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/
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Great video as always. I like it once again. 👍👍👍💜💜💜
소중한 영상 고맙습니다 원숭이 도 사람처럼 온천을 즐기는것 같습니다
Poor things 🙁
Nice video. I enjoy watching from USA 👍🙋🏻♀
thanks for the interesting videos
Great video. The snow macaque monkey is very iconic, beside from Television and this video, I also found this on the game. That heavy snow make surrounding and landscape very dramatic, but this isn't good for transportation.
All the Lil monkeys looked like they were wearing swimming caps..but it was just snow on their heads. So cute. 🙂