If there is anyone who knows about skiing, it’s Kenji Ogiwara. Before turning to politics and becoming Mayor of Nagano, ...

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar ... as any woodland hiker in Japan will attest. A trip to their surroundings in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Nagano prefecture will check that box ...

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 air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

Nagano hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998 ... Take a 30-minute scenic hike through the forest to see snow monkeys at Jigokudani Monkey Park. Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, bathe ...

Researchers always suspected the monkeys used the hot springs to stay warm in the winter ... take a peak at the snow monkeys' bath time. In the mountainous regions of Japan, winters can be ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Japanese macaque as a species of “Least Concern”. Though the macaques, also known as snow ... Nagano reportedly formed a “monkey ...

Head to this park to meet the Japanese macaques, better known as snow monkeys ... ll find this winter retreat inside Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Nagano prefecture. The monkeys often bathe ...

Wild snow monkeys soak in natural hot springs to escape the winter chill ... is just under an hour away from Nagano City by ...