'''Yamanouchi''' (_R_m__) is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan, famous for its '''bathing snow monkeys'''.

Get in

Yamanouchi town's Yudanaka Station is 45 minutes from Nagano on the Nagano-Dentetsu rail line; Nagano in turn is 95 minutes from Tokyo on the Asama bullet train

Get around

By bus

you can take a public bus to Shiga Kogen and get off at Kanbayashi Onsen, which is an easy 30-minute walk away. Alternatively - a minibus to the monkey park runs seven times a day from Yamanouchi town and costs 1,500 yen round trip, including admission to the park. WINTER ONLY.

On foot

Walking back down to Yudanaka Station from the park takes about 1.5 hours (possibly a bit longer in the reverse direction up). The route first follows the off-limit road along the river through forests before entering the beautiful spa town Shibu Onsen after that Yudanaka Onsen. A little further along the way stands a tall statue of a Kannon Buddha.

See

  • Jigokudani Monkey Park. n___J________ Jigokudani Yaenk?en. ttp://www.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/. yen;500/250 adult/child. Famous for its population of wild Japanese Macaques (''Macaca fuscata''), odds are you've already seen this place on TV. The best time for a visit is winter, when snow covers the ground and the monkeys come to bathe in the hot spring at the valley bottom-a unique sight. Just below the entrance and the Minshuku, next to a river there is a steaming geyser.

    Do

    Visit the hot springs of '''Shibu Onsen''' (_a____) and '''Yudanaka''' (___c__).

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    Mid-range

  • Minshuku Korakukan Jigokudani. igokudani. cross the river from the monkey park entrance. 269-33-4376. 269-33-3244. 5:00. 0,000 yen to 14,000 yen.

    Splurge

  • Kokuya. hibu Onsen. 81 26 933 251. ttp://www.ichizaemon.com/en/. PM. 0AM. uites \16000-36900 (per person). nfo@ichizaemon.com. Super-classy ''ryokan'', run by the same family for 16 generations around 400years. 10 rooms with open air hot bath + 8 outside and inside hot baths. English spoken. 5min from Jigokudani Monkey park.</sleep>

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