Monkeys also want to leave the area and climb ... it is best to take a bullet train from Tokyo to Nagano station (a one hour and 20 minutes ride) and then a 50-minute express train to Yudanaka ...

I took a shinkansen - a bullet train - from Tokyo, then transferred to a slow, local train in Nagano city, thence onto a "Snow Monkey Holiday Minibus" from the town of Yamanouchi to the edge of ...

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 and from there, you have a choice of ...

There's MONKEY BUSINESS aplenty to be found in a valley in Japan. Seth Doane has sent us a "Postcard from Nagano": Really, who could refuse a steaming-hot bath on a cold winter's day? Not these ...

The Japanese macaques in Jigokudani Monkey Park begin most days with a relaxing dip in their own private hot tub. Located in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Japan’s Nagano prefecture ...

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar to any Netflix subscriber ... A trip to their surroundings in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Nagano prefecture will check that box on your list ...

YAMANOUCHI, 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 ...

As I mentioned, Nagano is particularly well known for its mountains, but we also have pristine rivers and revitalizing hot springs. Jigokudani Yaen-koen — also known as “Snow Monkey Park ...

Issei Kato An infant Japanese macaque monkey bathes in the hot springs at Jigokudani-Onsen in Jigokudani, Nagano-Prefecture, Japan. A young female was the first macaque spotted in a hot spring ...