Nagano Prefecture—Visitors to the popular monkey park here have been delighted by the sight of wild Japanese macaques soaking in hot springs to escape the winter chill. Approximately 30 snow ...

The Japanese word means ... Maciek Pożoga The “Snow Monkey Express” was almost empty when I rode with a few other tourists from Nagano to the last stop in Yamanouchi, a town of 12,400.

Wild snow monkeys soak in natural hot springs to escape the winter chill ... is just under an hour away from Nagano City by train. It is home to Japan's oldest surviving castle.

A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were ...

When you’re visiting the Snow Monkeys of the JIGOKUDANI MONKEY PARK getting there is part of the adventure and fun. The main hub city to get to is Nagano ... are traveling Japan with a vehicle ...

A mass of snow that had accumulated near a prefectural road that is closed off during the winter months collapsed ... in the Central Japan Alps in Komagane, Nagano Prefecture.

The Japan News also reported that in Matsumoto, Nagano, about 4,000 cherry trees were seen at their peak on Saturday (April 12) on an ancient tomb against a view of the snow-capped Northern Alps ...