Japanese macaques, commonly referred to as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath, or 'onsen' at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture.

a traditional Japanese inn. The monkeys avoided the water until one day, an apple rolled into the bath. “A monkey went after it and realized it was warm,” Wada recalled. The monkey took ...

Visitors can see the monkeys in the open-air bath every Saturday from about 1 p.m. until the end of February. (Japanese original by Kentaro Nagaoka, Kyushu News Department) ...

Six Japanese macaques standing erect on leashes ... Chiemi Shiina, a sarumawashi monkey trainer, takes a bath with three baby macaques, the newest members of her Sen-zu No Sarumawashi ...

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 ...