20101031-20101107 Japan : Nagano-ken Jigokudani Yaenkouen

Nagano-ken Jigokudani Yaenkouen Jigokudani Yaenkouen (Hell Valley Wild Monkey Park) is world famous for the hot spring loving Snow Monkeys. To go to the Yaenkouen, you need to walk 30 min after a 20 min bus ride from Nagano Dentetsu Yudanaka station.
Entrance of the Jigokudani Yaenkouen. 25-30 min walk from here to the actual park	Monkeys at a pond inside the park proper	Monkeys
Monkeys	Monkey	Monkeys resting after a good hot spring dip
Monkeys resting beside the hot spring	Monkey sitting at the hill side near the hot spring	Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring
Monkey sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring
Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring
Monkey sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkey sitting beside the river near the hot spring	When wind blows, the yellow leave tree triggered a small leave rain falling onto the park
Monkey resting after a good hot spring dip	Monkeys sitting at the hill side near the hot spring	Monkeys resting after a good hot spring dip
Park staff working on the livecam in the park. I was being captured by the livecam as shown here (Please note that the livecam image in the link is taken by Jigokudani Yaenkouen and is their property)	Yellow leaves tree located at the hill top near the park	Monkey enjoying the hot spring
Monkey enjoying the hot spring	Monkey sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkey sitting beside the river near the hot spring
Monkeys sitting beside the river near the hot spring	Monkey resting after a good hot spring dip	Monkeys sitting at the hill side near the hot spring
Monkeys resting after a good hot spring dip	Monkeys resting after a good hot spring dip, and a cameraman shooting them while the livecam overseeing the whole process	Monkey resting after a good hot spring dip
Yellow leaves tree located at the hill top near the park	Monkey sitting near the hot spring waiting to be fed	Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park
Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park	Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park	Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park
Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park	Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park	Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park
Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park	Red/yellow leaves trees located near the bus stop near the entrance of the park