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It's 1964 in Yamanouchi, Japan. At the Korakukan Onsen, a leisurely resort for humans with an outdoor natural hot spring, native Japanese macaques are determined to share the benefits of the warm water - a welcome escape from the formidably cold winter. But they're snatching guests' personal belongings, stealing food and frightening tourists. Only one solution will make everyone happy - build the “snow monkeys”, as they're affectionately called, their own spa, further up the mountain. Complete with waterfalls, a soaking pool and daily offerings of barley and soybeans, the monkeys soon settled in, and today the Jigokudani Monkey Park is a paradise for more than 200 macaques that call this place home.

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Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) baby enjoying a relaxing moment in the hot spring in Jigokudani, Japan. January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) baby enjoying a relaxing moment in the hot spring in Jigokudani, Japan. January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult sitting in snow with paws stacked, Jigokudani, Japan, January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult sitting in snow with paws stacked, Jigokudani, Japan, January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) female holding baby close in snow, Jigokudani, Japan.
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) female holding baby close in snow, Jigokudani, Japan.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) with icy strands of fur on its head, Jigokudani, Japan, February
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Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) with icy strands of fur on its head, Jigokudani, Japan, February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) lifting leg while sitting at side of thermal pool, Jigokudani, Japan, February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) lifting leg while sitting at side of thermal pool, Jigokudani, Japan, February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult in the hot springs of Jigokudani, in the snow, Japan. February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult in the hot springs of Jigokudani, in the snow, Japan. February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult with wet snowy head in the hot springs of Jigokudani, Japan.
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult with wet snowy head in the hot springs of Jigokudani, Japan.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile swimming in hot spring, Jigokudani, Japan.
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile swimming in hot spring, Jigokudani, Japan.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juveniles squabbling underwater in the hot springs of Jigokudani, Japan.
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juveniles squabbling underwater in the hot springs of Jigokudani, Japan.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) leaping across the rapids onto boulders in Hell Valley, Jigokudani Japan, February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) leaping across the rapids onto boulders in Hell Valley, Jigokudani Japan, February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) gazing off into the distance in Jigokudani, Japan. February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) gazing off into the distance in Jigokudani, Japan. February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) following the established trail in the snow to get to the hot springs in Jigokudani, Japan, February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) following the established trail in the snow to get to the hot springs in Jigokudani, Japan, February