Japanese Snow Monkey Hot Spring Experience | Nagano ★ ONLY in JAPAN
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- Japanese Macaque aka SNOW MONKEY bathing at the Jigokudani Hot Spring waters of Nagano is one of Japan's most iconic sights. But there is more to this story than just monkeys in a hot tub.
This park has a special mission: to protect the resident monkeys and care for them through the hard winter. Staff have been doing that since the park opened in 1964, but it was in 1970 when LIFE Magazine put the Japanese Snow Monkey on the front cover that curiosity for the Japanese Macaque really grew. Despite being in a remote area of Japan, it gets many visitors from around the world.
The Japanese Macaque’s life here is dedicated to a 4 season cycle.
SPRING: babies are born, monkeys start shedding their winter coats
SUMMER: a lot of activity, playing in the mountain forests
FALL: monkeys start mating, bathing food and growing out their coats for winter.
Female monkey pregnancy lasts for 6 months. If babies were born in the winter, they wouldn't survive so the cycle of life to give birth only in spring is essential for the whole troupes survival here in the mountainous north.
This is the only place you’ll find Japanese monkeys bathing, soaking. The Japanese Macaque is the northern most primate besides humans and they have significance spiritually to Japan for thousands of years.
Where is the Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park 地獄谷野猿公苑
URL: en.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp
Live Monkey Webcam: www.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/...
00:00 Start
00:41 Welcome to Jigokudani
01:17 Morning Hot Spring Bathing
03:02 Where is the Snow Monkey Park?
04:40 The Hot Spring Bath
06:35 The Rules
08:11 It's a Paradise
08:56 The History
10:01 How they became Famous
10:23 Feeding time!
12:46 Baby Monkeys
13:31 She loves to soak!
13:49 Conclusion
A BIG THANK YOU to the staff of Jigokudani Yaen Koen 地獄谷野猿公苑 for the help to produce this and information on the resident monkeys.
CREDIT: video clips from the seasons is credited to the 地獄谷野猿公苑 and Takizawa-san.
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Thanks John, I’m curious about how their fur dries before they get chilled. My wife and I have only seen the monkeys in Ubud Bali and they can be fun to watch interacting with people that don’t research the animal.
There’s so much to explore in Japan, we’re both on the start line waiting for when the time is right 😁
I wish I’d had another day to film that, learn about it but I guess their fur is like that of Polar Bears 🐻❄️ animals can adapt but for primates, they can’t live in too cold places like bears. Japan is pretty special for them. Maybe the geothermal heat helps? If I do another monkey video, it would be in the north of Aomori where they have the most snow in the world.
@@onlyinjapan Wow, that would be really interesting. Thanks John
I asked a friend who works at the zoo and he said the fur is very thick and they're quite warm. Japanese Macaque don't typically jump into the water - they try NOT to get wet. They're probably coldest when they get out but the fur is so thick, even wet, it's insolation. The valley here is cool in the summer so it's more comfortable for them than other places in Japan at that time. I'll keep seeing if I can get more info as I learn more, ask more.
@@onlyinjapan oh their fur has very interesting properties, thanks for asking your friend 🤩
I guess they dry a bit by standing beside or on the rocks of the hot spring.
They are still humid but they get rid of most of the water from their fur.
全く何もかも聴き取れないのに英会話動画を見続けて、最近は半分くらい分かるようになってきたことに驚く。全然話せないけど、聴き取れるようになってきて目の前の景色が突然開けた感じ。TH-camすごい。
Snow Monkey の素晴らしい紹介動画をシェアしてくださりありがとうございます。
可愛らしい猿たちの様子はもちろん、観察マナーやスタッフ滝沢さんへのインタビューなど、日本についての正しい情報を視聴者へ届けようという貴方の真摯な熱意が伝わります。
これからも頑張ってください！🇯🇵👍
ちゃんと注意事項も紹介されてるのが素晴らしいですね
japan is very beutiful place❤ love from cambodia🇰🇭 ❤ 🇯🇵
I went there in the summer 3 years ago, there was a dedicated bus so it was easy to get to the start of the path. It was really hot so there weren't a lot of people crazy enough to walk to the park but it was so peaceful, getting greeted by every local on the way and listening to the sound of uncountable cicadas. The monkeys did not really care about bathing in the heat but as you said, it was so nice watching the monkey babies exploring all around the park, climbing stuff and playing around with sticks. After that I finished the day with the 9 Onsen Challenge in Shibu Onsen where everyone was really welcoming and tried to use simple Japanese so I could understand them better. All in all my favourite day of the trip, can't wait to go back there!
This makes me so happy to hear :) I might go again this summer.
I spent the night at Shibu Onsen and loved it - and I was so glad to soak in the onsen too after filming the monkey's doing it! I was a bit jealous. That 9 Onsen challenge - I'll have to try that next time I go with Leo and Kanae! Thanks for sharing your experience. -John
SNSを通じてダイレクトに世界に情報が伝わる。これって、素晴らしいこと。日本にとって有利。
もふもふがいっぱい並んでて可愛い
I had a great honor of becoming mom to a baby japanese snow macaque here in the US. The northern winters of upper michigan proved too harsh for him, so he ended up moving south to another private zoo, where he's now happily married, and hopefully a dad. They can be very VERY aggressive when they bond with humans, especially if someone poses a threat to their human. It's good, the rules of this park. They are a very special species, and I pray that they never go extinct. This was awesome!
I agree - the park has done an excellent job with the way they interact with the monkeys here. Aw, I hope he’s a happy dad now! (I know I am :)
Been there twice. It was an experience. On the first trip in the Spring we hiked up, enjoyed the monkeys and on the hike back I slipped on the ice, fell and broke my wrist. The experience after that was an experience for a non Japanese speaking tourist. I must say everyone that helped us was so wonderful!
Do the monkeys poo in the hot springs?
They don’t typically do that since they also drink from it. The adults anyway. I didn’t see any do that not any in the water. It’s a good question. I can’t say for sure 🤔 if they poo in the water but I know this: they do not wipe! So poo does get in the water which is why it’s a good idea never to bathe with wild animals in water like a bath. A river is flowing, but there’s still some risk from what I understand.
とてもわかり易くて素敵な映像をありがとうございます☺️お猿さんかわいい😆冬の地獄谷に行ってみたいです🐒💕
I have never been to this area of Japan but already added this onto my list of the many places I plan to visit when I return to Japan. Through your livestreams and edited videos I am constantly reminded of how beautiful and magnificent Japan is. Thank you for sharing your life's adventures and experiences with us my friend.
I recommend you eat Oyaki, Nozawana and Soba in Nagano Prefecture.
Japanese hot spring is the best! I so miss soaking in it after a day of skiing in Nagano.
Have you ever been to the Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park before? Leave me a comment about your experience or anything else, a story - and I'll pin the best one. I'm glad you're here and thanks for subscribing to the new ONLY in JAPAN 🎌channel ▶︎Next episode: A Far East Hokkaido Adventure to a town called Nakashibetsu and an inventor who made something inspiring that requires a car :)
Hey John, we've been to Jigokudani in the spring of 2019. The monkeys weren't bathing as it was already around 22 degrees C. My wife accidentally looked a bit smaller monkey too long in the eyes and it started baring its teeth to her. A split second later it made beating movements towards her and she got really scared and hushed away :) Although the most touristy spot is very small, it's a fun park. I loved the surrounding nature even more than the 2 hours we spent with the monkeys.
We've also seen like 12 baby monkeys, they're the cutest!
I have been to Arashiyama Monkey Park in Kyoto. They arw so adorable ❤️🇯🇵🌸
We stayed in a ryokan high up in the mountains in Nagano once. There were a lot of monkeys roaming around there. I don’t think they were snow monkeys though, but it was quite a unique experience to see them.
Interested to know more precise timimg to visit.
音楽に合わせて猿が飛んでる動画、めちゃめちゃ可愛いし凄い！笑笑笑笑
ここのお猿ちゃん達大好きです💕 ほんと愛しい💕
That’s probably the most in-depth look at this park I’ve seen. Thank you John!
地獄に仏という諺があるけど、地獄谷は猿たちにとって天国。とても面白いですね。中学生の時修学旅行でここへ行きました、先生から猿と長い時間目を合わせてはいけないというルールを学びました。とても懐かしい、また行ってみたい場所です、素敵な映像をどうもありがとう。
That was a great episode as usual. Thank You so much!
I love those guys, they are sooooo special, perfectly adapted in this habitat to survive
Love how wilderness and human can coexist in same environment. And the monkeys are so relaxed! Love how you captured and present them!❤
Thank you Grace 🐵🙈🙉🙊 we love our monkey cousins.
I love all the cute monkey footage! Especially the scenes of them grooming each other, and there was a great scene of one of them carrying a baby on it's back. It's super cool how they don't get frozen after being in the water too, and I liked learning how they eat as well.
If anyone had any doubt before… This video proves John Daub is not only a perfectionist but frankly a master at his craft of capturing the atmosphere of Japan.
Thanks so much for the awesome video John! The grandkids will love it!
One of my favorite places in the world. I was like a kid in a candy store. I couldn't get over how close they would come to me and the BABIES!! So adorable!
It’s fun to go a second day, staying at Shibu Onsen. Feels like I got to know some of them. The staff at the monkey parks really know the society - I wonder how they feel seeing a newborn! Like part of the family 🥰
僕の故郷がこんなにも素敵に海外の方にも紹介されてるんですね。率直にすごく嬉しく思いました。
Aaah John, as always a great video!!! Thank you very much!! I cant wait to visit them next winter 🥶
As always, this streams are the best. TY John.
I went there about 15 years ago and it was fantastic. You're not supposed to look into their eyes but it's a bit hard not to as they're so human-like.
Good point! Yes, I tried not to do that, it’s hard. I did try talking to them. They’re smarter than we think, underestimate our cousins, we do.
Thanks for the experience John, excellent ONLY in Japan
Thank you so much for this video. This brings back great memories from when I visited those many years ago.
Really loved this video! I love snow monkeys and this was beautifully shot, informative and very well done overall!
Kudos to you, John, for this first class and informative mini--documentary about the Snow Monkeys of Jigokudani. May these primates be with us for a long time to come,
and never go extinct. 🙊🙈🙉🐵🐒🐒🇬🇧🐨
This is not snow monkey This white monkey
I remember watching your live stream a while back when you were there. Great video and loved the shots you got of those amazing monkeys.
I visited Jigokudani Monkey Park and Shibu Onsen in 2016 and noted the monkey park attendants and rangers were very dedicated to their conservation of the monkey habitat, whilst still maintaining a distance to ensure the monkeys remained wild. That half hour trek in the snow and ice to reach the park is a bonus hiking experience! Then to chill like a snow monkey at the 1300 year-old Shibu Onsen was another privilege. Beautifully captured and produced, John! 👏👏👏❄️🐒♨️
Thank you for covering this John
Thank you for sharing! I loved this inside look into the snow monkey’s
I love how you got shots from all seasons! It shows how much work and planning you put into your vidoes. Thank you for taking us along.
I had help from Takizawa-san on that. I felt it was important to show that the park is open year round and the staff is working hard even when the snow melts. They do important work there to care for the monkey society.
やはり日本の猿ですね、温泉が大好きで。『いい湯だなぁ〜』、と言う声が聞こえてくるようです。トミコさん可愛い💞
Ohhhh, thank you, thank you and thank you for this video. I heared about these Onsen Monkeys, but never seen it like this. It is so amazing, and gives me the feeling that twe are all connected!
Great show. After this stream, more people will want to go to Jigokudani. Makes me jealous that I cannot go to an onsen right now. Thanks John.
I loved it! Made my day better. You must have had to go back to film many times! Thank you! 👏👏👏
Monkeys practicing mindfulness while soaking-fantastic! You captured them beautifully! 😍💞
Zen Monk ey…
@@user-uf8np9rd8p 同感、『無』の境地ネ。外国人には解りずらいかな？
かわいい💕
こっちもまったり癒される♨️
Following you since day one and I’m always fascinated by your amazing videos keep up the great work John love from Canada
Hi John. Loved the new mini documentary. Must be wonderful to be so close to the monkeys. Though the shot of the 4 or 5 monkeys in the end pool reminded me of when you see a gathering of older people having a chin wag somewhere. Keep up the great work. Would love to visit Japan sometime but for now I really appreciate the hard work people like yourself do to promote Japan. Until the next one.
長野は 良い所が いっぱいありますね〜
温泉に浸かるお猿さん 可愛いですよね
トミコさん 漢字にすると 富子さんかな 笑
みなさんいつまでも お元気でありますように
The montage of the snow monkeys matched to the Blue Danube at the beginning is pretty soothing. Good episode!
I enjoyed editing that part - I got to see it a lot and it was relaxing except trying to get the video to change exactly on the beats 😂 but it worked out nice. Unforgettable.
very cute and calming video 🏔️ great editing as usual!
Amazing contents as usual , John. Stunning shots of the monkeys that are having the best bath of their lives...
I just wanna say after 8 years of watching you and your videos are always very informative and just the highest quality I started watching you when my sister had got stationed in Japan back in 2015. Please don’t get tired of showing of Japan I’d love for you to revisit some of these places you already have and give a updated review and just to see what business had survived the pandemic.
Fantastic work as always John. Thank you again and keep it up. From Australia.
😊 👍 Thank you very much John. Its my favourite spot in Japan. ✌️ 💖 🙏 Levent 🦁
japan is such a good place and the people! i enjoyed the video!
This is a wonderful documentary. If only animals were protected like that everywhere in the world!
Loved it! Can't wait to show my mom the video. She loves your videos and will find this one interesting.
人間も入りたくなるほど質の高い温泉ですね。
Your production videos are remarkable - filled with so much content and the visuals are so impressive considering you're a 1 man team! 🎬💯🥇👏
Wow! What an amazing video! Thank you so much! I hope to be able to visit these adorable monkeys someday.
I liked the titles, editing, transitions. This video was well produced.
Beautifully shot, fun, uplifting and informative...all the reasons I love this channel. Thanks John!
夏と厳冬期に行った事がありますが、子猿に癒されますね😊
トミコさん「あら、外国の方ね。
いい男じゃないの。」
映像が綺麗すぎて感動…笑
ニホンザルって目を合わせたらダメって言われてるけど地獄谷の子達はカメラ慣れしてるのね〜
Another great episode. Thank you 😊
Hey John great video. Was great meeting you at the park and thank you for entertaining Hannah my daughter and keeping up with all her childish questions and the hike down was long too
Keep up the great work mate. All the best
Hey! 😃It's so great to hear from you Mohamed! It was a much better hike back with your family, the snow came down hard right when we hit the parking lot too! I wanted to get those shots with falling snow. Glad you got back okay :) it was a really nice adventure and happy to share a bit of it with you!
I love the macai snow monkees are the best, the intro of snowy valley stunning work, timelast route im pressive walk. Arashiyama is also a lot of macai, no bath sadly, but walk around the mountain top.
Thank you for your work, it was very interesting! (and thanks again for the subtitle :D) good continutation John!
It's amazing how we all adapt to our surroundings. Even though the monkeys really don't like to get wet, when given a choice between staying dry and being really cold, they choose to get warm in the water.
I always wondered how long can they stay there. They have to get out at some point. And they would be all wet. In the freezing weather.
And do they pee inside? Humans do it.
They are being fed. That's why.
I think this is false. I have seen the monkeys of this park sitting in the water in the autumn. We had arround 22°C and they still enjoyed their bath. So getting warm can't be the only reason ...
@@blablup1214 Without the food that they were being fed, those monkey will disappear. Even JOhn has said this is not totally natural.
@@tdstr128 I think the bigger problem is when they are not fed and search for their own ways of getting food and start to attack people. Heared stories of this other monkey site in Japan. Where the monkey were fed by tourists. Now they rob stores and attack humans ...
Great video, John. I really enjoyed it. Love Japan. Now I love snow monkey's too 🐒
Another amazing video from John, thank you.
Well done John, now I want to 1) take a bath 2) eat some barley 3) waltz to the Blue Danube 4) watch 2001 Space Odyssey 5) visit Nagano again!
Ah, right - the Monkey monolith scene is pretty epic, so is that slow Blue Danube scenes from space. I might have been inspired by 2001 Space Odyssey when making this.
@@onlyinjapan I was thinking of another simian related 1960s sci-fi movie series when watching the video, but good job, the two of you!
I think John got rabies from one of those monkeys and is delirious and now has split personalities that are talking to each other.
@@__aceofspades I think that account is managed by someone else
Space Monolith appears in Nagano
Snow Monkeys:
instantly clicked the thumbs up even before the end. thank you thank you John. we all need our trees, our cousins in their bedrooms
this was such a good video! also the 4K quality and the music were awesome!
Thank you John for the great video. We have two years left in Japan. We are in Nagasaki, Sasebo . Hopefully we will visit soon..
Hi John! Another great video. I really like how you give us all the background information and taking us through the hike up the hill which is very informative for seniors like myself who might want to go up there someday. We know what we’ll be up against. I can really tell the care and time that you took to make this video. Enjoyed it very much!
Thank you,John, for what you have been doing for Japan and for the world!!
I am Japanese and I love your beautiful videos so much!! And I thank you from the very bottom of my heart for building the bridges of peace between Japan and the world!!
What a great video! It looks like it would be very relaxing just being there.
Looks so relaxing.. damn, those monkeys seem happier than me.
美しき蒼きドナウ・・・ 大変結構でした!
Amazing production quality as usual, keep it up!
日本猿はもふもふで本当にかわいい ね
Well done John. Thoroughly enjoyed video about snow Monkees. Hoping to visit Japan next year, for first time, will definitely visit Nagano to see Monkees 👍
What an amazing, entertaining, and beautiful video. Brilliantly done. I would love to visit some day.
This is the best video I've ever seen on the Snow Monkeys!!!!
This video...
How does it perfectly encapsulate the very essence of Only in Japan? How is it, that filming some soggy monkeys, conveys in all of it's glory, the spirit of the channel? Why did Wao Ryu Only in Japan die, but this channel thrives? All adequate questions, for which there can be only one answer...
John is the soul of the channel, and Japan is just a tad bit more fun when we get to experience it with him.
すべてに感謝します。
A VERY informative video (as always) John. Keep the great vids coming. You have made my love for Japan and it's people grow! 👍🙂
長野を紹介してくれてありがとう〜！
Thank you for showing us those beautiful unique monkeys especially the babies are so cute
High quality content like always 👍
This was fun to watch. Thanks for showing us the snow monkeys of Jigokudani!
me too
I live in Nagano.
I often see monkeys around my home and they are scared.
But, this monkeys are very cute.
I'm going to see them in a month! I'm so excited. Thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for a great episode John! Every time I watch the Vienna New Years concert on tv with famous ballet dancers performing to the blue Danube walz from now on I will picture the snow monkeys in my mind - 🤣
Haha! The Monkey Waltz of Japan 🇯🇵🙈🙊🎶🎻
Beautiful video and excellent photography well done John!
The way you presented the video I learned a lot of information that the area, the monkeys and the history.
Well done John. I love your narration , content and humor. Snow Monkey well represented
The baby monkeys are so cute!
Thanks for the educational video. Always a pleasure to watch and learn from you.
Loved your interchange with the monkey at the end! I wonder how that sound you made sounded to her? Gibberish I bet, but she appreciated the effort! Great job John!