地獄谷野猿公苑のお猿は「スノーモンキー」と呼ばれていて、雪があった方が更に可愛く見える。この頃は雪が本格的に降ってきたようで、本格的なスノーモンキーになってきました。
バスの時刻表も冬版となりましたので戸倉上山田からの日帰りツアーとしてご参考して下さい。
The world-famous "Snow Monkeys" of the Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park are cute any time of the year soaking in their onsen bath. But it's when there is snow that they are truly in their most photogenic element. And that area has started to get their winter snow fall, so now is your chance!
Winter bus schedules are now in effect, so I updated the train and bus matrix to get you from our onsen town Togura-Kamiyamada to the monkey park trailhead, Kanbayashi, and back for an easy day trip.
We just had a guest from Sydney, Australia make the trip. He said he 'only' took about 200 pictures of the monkeys. The snow made for a dramatic backdrop, especially on the walk from Kanbayashi through the beautiful evergreen forest.
