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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) Jigokudani, Japan, January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) Jigokudani, Japan, January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) perched on the open warm section of a rocky hillside, takes in the last rays of the late afternoon sun in Jigokudani, Japan.
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) perched on the open warm section of a rocky hillside, takes in the last rays of the late afternoon sun in Jigokudani, Japan.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) in snow, Jigokudani, Japan. February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) in snow, Jigokudani, Japan. February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) biting needles from tree branch while sitting in hot spring in Jigokudani, Japan, January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) biting needles from tree branch while sitting in hot spring in Jigokudani, Japan, January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male watching another male at the monkey park in Jigokudani, Japan.
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male watching another male at the monkey park in Jigokudani, Japan.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male yawning, Jigokudani Japan, January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male yawning, Jigokudani Japan, January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) female watches as other monkeys squabble and scream, Jigukodani Japan, January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) female watches as other monkeys squabble and scream, Jigukodani Japan, January
Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) lined up in hotsprings, Jigokudani, Japan, February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) lined up in hotsprings, Jigokudani, Japan, February
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) grinning aggressively, Jigokudani, Japan, January
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Diane McAllister / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) grinning aggressively, Jigokudani, Japan, January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) aggressive adult male approaches another monkey in Jigokudani, Japan. February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) aggressive adult male approaches another monkey in Jigokudani, Japan. February
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male and female huddle together during a light snowfall in Jigokudani Japan, January
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Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male and female huddle together during a light snowfall in Jigokudani Japan, January
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male holding onto his female mate defensively, Jigokudani, Japan, February
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Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male holding onto his female mate defensively, Jigokudani, Japan, February