Going Alone

Many people are familiar with the iconic image of Japanese Snow Monkeys bathing in steaming hot springs while winter snow piles in deep drifts around them. While you can indeed see bathing monkeys if you visit Japan, you may also sometimes encounter wild monkeys foraging in small family troops within quiet, green mountain forests. These animals are the Japanese macaque which the Japanese call Nihonzaru (Japanese monkey). Nihonzaru are the northernmost living primate (with the