Snow Monkey Drinking Water in Winter Wonderland

Nagano with Friends: Jigokudani

Let’s continue our Nagano adventure with dear Dreamy‘s drawings. If you missed the previous episode, it’s here. We’re off to watch the famous Jigokudani monkeys bathing in the onsen…

Let’s go!

Comic strip by Sophie Dreamy: Jigokudani, part 1
Comic strip by Sophie Dreamy: Jigokudani, part 2

Arriving at Jigokudani

Comic strip by Sophie Dreamy: Jigokudani, part 3
Comic strip by Sophie Dreamy: Jigokudani, part 4

Let’s go and annoy the little monkeys… 🙂

Snow monkey drinking in the snow at Jigokudani

As you can see, they welcome photographers with quick uppercuts to the face here, so be careful if you plan to visit the park… monkeys are definitely not man’s best friend 😉

Snow monkeys in the Jigokudani valley
Signpost at the snowy entrance to Jigokudani Monkey Park

Let’s look for more stories with Dreamy in Nagano! ^^

The rest of that trip with friends: the onsen and the nakayoshi. And for the monkeys again, in another season, Yamanouchi.

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