Snow Monkey Park

Since, this is already my second year in Japan, I already had the chance to visit quite a few places in Japan . I was counting it the other day and I came to realisation that I visited almost all of the prefectures already. Hovewer, this Tuesday, I could finally go to a place, which was for a long time on my bucket list yet, I never had the chance to visit. This dream palce was for me the the Snow Monkey Park in Nagano.

I was actually, quite surpised to see that most of the tourusits who visted the park were foreigners.

I think, that in Europea countries and in the US, this Snow Monkey Park has a very great reputation. It is the only national park in the world where you can see monkeys taking a bath in hot springs. In addition, it also offers a unique experince because it is possible to observe monkeys in their natural habitat while they are in a reachable distance. Although, it's not allowed to touch or the feed them they come so close to you as they were ordinary cats or dogs.

The only thing you need to pay attention is the cold weather and the slippery path the leads to the Monkey Park. in order to preserve the natural isolation of the park it’s not possible entirely approach the park by car or public transportation. From the closest parking lot it takes around 30 minites to arrive to the small national park.