March 11th: The monkeys of Jigokudani

May 7, 2006 - 3:48 pm by Up and Down Japan in Food, Travel  

Our minshuku in Jigokudani Yaen Koen was not just a regular family-run inn: Korakukan is one of the few places in Japan (and the world) where people can share a rotemburo (outdoor hotspring bath) with wild monkeys. This is a rather recent development– it was only about 40 years ago that the first monkey ventured [...]