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Jigokudani Monkey Park
The Jigokudani Monkey Park (Yaen-koen) is located in the Valley of Yokoyu
River sourced from Shiga-Kogen of the Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park in
northern part of Nagano prefecture. Because of the very steep cliffs and
the steam coming off the springs in everywhere, ancient people called this
valley ‘Jigokudani (Hell valley)’. Also it is buried in snow almost one
third of the year. Even that kind of severe environment here is a paradise
on earth for monkeys to live in. The troops of wild Japanese macaque (they
are popularly known as snow monkeys) inhabit here naturally through the
ages.
Since the establishment of Jigokudani Yaen-koen in 1964, it has been a
worldwide popular place for watching the bathing monkeys in a hot spring
and for ecological observation of researchers or photographers, and some
of them who visited here have accomplished certain results in the area..
Live Camera Monkey's Now
Monkey in Hell Valley
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| Hours | 9:00-16:00 |
|---|---|
| Close | 365 days open |
| Admission | Adult 500yen |
| Access | From Tokyo (2hr30min) Tokyo to Nagano on JR Nagano Shinkansen (Asama) (1hr23min) Nagano to Yudanaka on Nganano Dentetsu Lin (40min) Yudanaka to Kanbayashi Spa and Jigokudani by bus (10min) From Osaka, Nagoya (3hr30min) Nagoya to Nagano on JR Chuo Line (2hr43min) Nagano to Yudanaka on Nganano Dentetsu Lin (40min) Yudanaka to Kanbayashi Spa and Jigokudani by bus (10min) |
| http://www.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/japanese/pdf/english.pdf |