Japan's hot spring macaques in Jigokudani Park draw record crowds, with 257,000 visitors last year, 60% of them international ...

Victory! Japan’s team bowed. And the crowd exploded in laughter. At Joshin’etsukogen National Park, in a volcanic region on the island of Honshu, “snow monkeys” lounge in hot springs.

Japanese macaques that live in the mountains can be watched up close at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the city of Oita. Three heaters are placed there in winter so the monkeys can stay ...

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 ...

I had a friendly chat with some monkeys in the hot spring, although I seem to remember being the one doing most of the talking. There is a precious slice of the authentic Japanese countryside here ...