One of Nagano prefecture’s famous tourist sites is Jigokudani, a natural hot-spring area where the snow monkeys like to bathe. Although I’ve been to Nagano before in the winter with quite a lot of snow on the ground, there was a warm front in mid-March that melted most of the snow for which the area is famous. Luckily for us, the monkeys seemed undeterred by the unseasonable weather.
３月中旬に長野県の有名がある地獄谷地獄谷野猿公苑にもう一度見に行きました。その時、驚いたほど天候が春のように温かくなりました。だが、ニホンザル達はもう温泉を楽しみたがっているそうだって良かったです。
See that black dot in the center? It’s a Japanese serow (Nihon kamoshika, ニホンカモシカ), a mountain goat!
Cheeky monkey walked right in front of my camera.
Monkey wants an apple…
The Lobster Dance 
I’ve been there a few winters ago and I really loved it. Everything was covered with a few meters of snow and at the time I arrived there it was snowing quite a lot. It was freezing cold, but I enjoyed observing the monkeys and taking photos of them, so I stayed much longer than most other visitors! ^^;
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