Japanese monkey in snowy landscape, sitting on rocks. Image credits: Vishrut Bajpai/Pexel (Not the actual photo) One of these monkeys apparently wanted to be more than just friends, though.

Considered messengers of the gods, the macaques are now made to wear costumes, do backflips, and walk on stilts to please crowds. Trainers with the Sen-zu No Sarumawashi performance group in ...

The December to early May event has always been a popular attraction, but now foreigners make up about half the visitors in ...

Japanese macaques, commonly referred to as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath, or 'onsen' at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture.

YAMANOUCHI, Nagano Prefecture—Visitors to the popular monkey park here have been delighted by the sight of wild Japanese macaques soaking in hot springs to escape the winter chill. Approximately ...

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