Japanese snow monkeys are seen at a hot spring at Jigokudani Yaen-koen Wild Snow Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on July 10, 2021. (Mainichi/Mari Sakane) YAMANOUCHI, Nagano - ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- The annual "Monkey Mountain Hot Spring" event at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden here has been drawing increasing foreign visitor numbers in recent years. The December to ...

After the first big snowfall of the year, dozens of wild Japanese monkeys escaped to the warmth of a hot spring at the Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park on Monday. Japanese monkeys are the only ones known ...

Every year, the Tropical Botanical Garden in the city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, prepares a hot spring bath for its roughly 30 Japanese macaques. Visitors can enjoy the spectacle until early May 2026, but ...

Japan has a wealth of hot springs, and the Japanese have a love of bathing. During the winter, people visit inns nestled in valleys where they can enjoy taking warm soaks in outdoor spring-fed baths ...

There's no better feeling than slipping into a hot bath when you are feeling cold, and these macaque monkeys in Japan are taking full advantage of a hot spring as snow falls all around them. Have your ...