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Snow monkeys PHOTO BY VICKI SMITH

Wednesday 18th March, 06:00 AM JST

Snow monkeys enjoy the onsen at Jigokudani Monkey Park in Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture.

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  • grafton at 08:06 AM JST - 18th March

    Not offten I think much of JTs pic of the day, but this one is special.

  • some14some at 08:15 AM JST - 18th March

    Even monkeys in Japan look so depressed. Good picture though.

  • Sarge at 08:35 AM JST - 18th March

    "Even monkeys in Japan look so depressed"

    What do you expect, the monkeys are in Jigokudani ( Hell Dust Mite ) Monkey Park!

  • cleo at 09:00 AM JST - 18th March

    Oh Sarge, what a bloomer. Jigokudani = Hell Valley(谷), not dust mite(壁蝨, but usually written in kana)!

    Is that someone's foot tucked under the monkey-chan's left armpit?

  • kwatt at 09:25 AM JST - 18th March

    I've heard that many monkeys lately have pollen/hay fever as almost same as people, so monkeys like to dip in onsen to cure allergy.

  • Sarge at 09:26 AM JST - 18th March

    Cleo - Hell Valley, eh? And yes, that's someone's foot tucked under that armpit. What else could it be?

  • tokyochris at 10:08 AM JST - 18th March

    The pic's completely overexposed, but it's a great place to visit! I went there just before new year and it was an interesting area!

  • kwatt at 11:05 AM JST - 18th March

    It seems that monkeys are now taking rest in onsen before go to villages and loot food from lands.

  • Helter_Skelter at 11:35 AM JST - 18th March

    I bet they don't enjoy getting out of the onsen soaking wet to get food.

  • zaichik at 12:41 PM JST - 18th March

    Hell Dust Mite

    ROTFLOL!

    The pic's completely overexposed

    It can be difficult to get a good photo, because of the steam....

    It is a great place to visit, though - went there in 1998 and again on New Year's Day 2006, when it was covered in snow and the closer car park was closed, so we had to hike from the upper one. We were staying in Yudanaka Onsen, which is really nice and has a rather cool barrier-free ryokan: http://www.avis.ne.jp/~hakura/

    Natsukashii!

  • kiwiboy at 01:43 PM JST - 18th March

    Cool pic! I was there last week to see them and they're amazing! When they're not in the onsen (there's hundreds of them) they run around your feet, sit really close to you, and are completely unfazed by your presence. I even got touched by one or two. Such an awesome experience! Highly recommended!

  • OhioDonna at 12:02 AM JST - 25th March

    My favorite monkeys. Thanks for the photo.

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