Monkey See - Monkey Do

I first remember seeing these monkeys a few years ago. A couple of friends showed me a film called Baraka, when I found out that these monkeys lived in Japan I had to go.

Near to Nagano, Yudanaka live a couple of hundred long tailed monkeys. The story goes that they started to dip in the nearby hot pools during the 1960s. A local ryokan owner took pity on them and built a special rotemburo for the "snow monkeys".

They are very chilled and wander past you with not a worry, a few of the little ones were starting mini avalanches on the side of the valley. Very cool anyway you can take a look at them live via the webcam ... only in Japan!