The Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑, Jigokudani Yaen Kōen) offers visitors the unique experience of seeing wild monkeys bathing in a natural hot spring. The park is inhabited by Japanese Macaques, which are also known as Snow Monkeys.

2025年1月3日 · Imagine a serene winter landscape where snow gently falls over cliffs and frozen ground. Amid this picturesque setting, you see Japanese macaques soaking blissfully in steaming hot springs. Known as snow monkeys, these wild Japanese macaques have captured the hearts of travelers and photographers worldwide.

Jigokudani Monkey Park is a hot spring park that’s home to around 200 Japanese snow monkeys, who love to bathe in the hot spring when the weather is cold! The park is perched along the edge of the Yokoyu River in Nagano, and it first opened in 1964.

You’ve seen the photos—a troop of monkeys relaxing in a natural hot spring surrounded by snowdrifts. Jigokudani Monkey Park is where the famous “snow monkeys” live, and visitors are welcome all year round.

The Jigokudani monkey park, covered with snow almost one-third of the year, is home to Japan’s famous hot-spring-bathing snow monkeys and has become a major attraction. You can enjoy watching the monkeys all year round, and especially in winter, when you can take pictures of them bathing in the hot springs.

2024年12月22日 · Including two of Japan's most amazing natural spectacles, the blooming of the Cherry Blossoms and the hot-spring loving monkeys of Jigokudani, this offering is the easiest way to enjoy a relaxed spring day in Nagano.

It is famous for its large population of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), more commonly referred to as snow monkeys, that go to the valley during the winter, foraging elsewhere in the national park during the warmer months.

2023年12月10日 · Jigokudani's Snow Monkey Park is a unique destination where wild monkeys basking in natural hot springs against snowy mountains can be seen. The park offers a rare experience of watching bathing monkeys enjoying an outdoor hot …

Jigokudani Yaen Koen (Snow Monkey Park) is one of the habitats of a population of Japanese macaques, and visitors have the opportunity to view these illusive creatures up close. During winter months, you can even see them soaking in the area's hot springs to keep warm. The monkeys live way out in the mountains, and getting there takes some time.

2023年11月9日 · The bubbling hot springs and rugged terrain of Jigokudani create a fascinating backdrop to this natural wonder: the only place in the world where you can see wild monkeys soaking in hot spring baths. The Japanese Macaques, affectionately called snow monkeys, go about their daily routines without a care for the paparazzi around them.