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| As our guests often ask about
snow monkey, I finally decided to visit
there to see how it is like. |
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You have to go up this path
covered with snow to reach snow monkey,
so normal sneakers and high-heels footgears
never work.......
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Roughly 30 minutes walking
in the snow.
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Jigokudani Onsen is located
in this deep tiny narrow valley. There are
2 pathes reach there but the other one which
I didn't walk along was unavailable in winter.
Movie
here.
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After paying an entrance fee
( 500 yen ), found one!
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A mom monkey (maybe?) hugs
her baby.
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Full of monkeys around!!
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Some gets in the onsen there.
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Ready to get in?
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| Some people sometimes get
too close to monkeys, but they are anyway
wild monkeys, you should keep distance.
Something you must not do there are.........
( described in some signboards there but
only in Japanese )
#1 Don't feed any.
#2 Don't talk to.
#3 Don't stare at monkeys at thier eyes.
If you do, monkeys take it that you are
hostile to them and they might start attacking
you.
#4 Don't touch monkeys any.
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Hugs. Baby monkeys often hug
each other.
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Just after getting out of
the bath........ brrrrrr. This one didn't
even try to dry its body out like dogs do.
Wondered if it didn't feel cold.
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| Actually I personally don't
like monkeys at all. Because I was attacked
by a monkey when I was a 5 years old kid
at Mt.Takasaki in Ohita prefecture when
I walked around with my family. My mom gave
me a warning to hide a box of caramels in
my hand but this handful boy didn't listen
to his mom then a monkey suddenly rushed
at me to steal all the caramels in my hand.
Even now I remember the monkey tried to
hold me down to steal caramels. For a 5
years old boy, a hungry wild adult monkey
is enough big to get scared of. I got traumatized
some at monkeys. When I found monkeys, it
always pops up in my mind. But I don't think
it was the monkey's fault. it was totally
my fault from ignorance. We have to know
how to do when any wild animals are around.
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How far is it from
Hayaokidori and how can I get there? |
2-2.5 hours when you drive a car. If you
go there by public transportation, probably
3 hours or more. Depends on the connection. |
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you show me which transportation should
I take? |
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Hayaokidori
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Hakuba Goryu bus
stop
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Nagano station
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Yudanaka
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Kanbayashi Onsen
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Jigokudani ( snow
monkey place )
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| How
much does the transportation cost? |
| Roughly 3,000 yen/person for one
way from our place. |
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