HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- The annual "Monkey Mountain Hot Spring" event at ... The spring water is sourced from Yunokawa Onsen ...

where snow monkeys bathe, Hokkaido’s Jigoku-Dani is another flavour altogether. Unlike Japan’s traditionally tranquil onsen, which overlook serene scenes of cherry blossoms or scarlet maples, ...

Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido is a winter paradise for lovers of snow, hot springs, seafood and beer. This month CNNGo starts in the capital city Sapporo, where we’ll see the snow ...

One day in 1961, so the story goes, an errant apple fell into the human’s onsen. A young monkey tested the steamy water and emerged with the apple. He didn’t exit the waters immediately ...