Aflo / Two Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) sleeping with awake baby, in snow, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-14708 Waterfall falling onto mossy stones, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-15002 Woodland landscape with Birch trees + Azaleas in flower, Nagano, Japan.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) eight months old sitting in front of a pool created by a hot spring being used by females and young for bathing to keep warm, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) huddled together sleeping in a tree at night, full moon, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) nursing one month old baby, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in a hot spring to keep warm, only females and young bathe, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) holding young while bathing in hot spring to keep warm, only females and young bathe, winter, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) walking along path through deep snow, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) family huddled together for warmth on a cold day, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) searching for nuts with young watching, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Juvenile Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) two years old, playing, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) warming up by bathing in a hot spring during snowfall, only females and young bathe, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} groups walking along snow trail after heavy snow, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} groups walking along snow trail in deep snow, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} mother grooming four-day-old newborn baby, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} four-day-old newborn baby reaches up for mother's nipple, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} young monkey plays with snow ball, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on seeds in tree in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on seeds of the Bittersweet plant, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} young monkeys playing in trees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} 8-month-old baby in snow, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} groups walking along snow trail after heavy snow, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on wild cherry tree blossom in spring, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} young monkeys playing in the sunshine in the trees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} two monkeys grooming and basking in the sun in spring, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} monkey basking in the winter sunshine, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male grooming female in courtship in Japanese green alder tree {Alnus firma}, autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} 7-month-old monkey bathing in hot springs, examining its hands, water at 40 degrees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} female with young in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} two monkeys huddle together to keep warm, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} adult female bathing in hot springs tapping the water surface with hand in play, water at 40 degrees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} monkey jumping across a river, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} 8-month-old monkey walking through thick snow on hind legs to keep hands warmer, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} group of monkeys bathing in hot springs, water at 40 degrees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} monkey feeding on the bark of a pine tree in winter, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} snow crystals on monkey's forehead, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) group soaking in hot springs, Japanese Alps, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese Squirrels (Sciurus lis) in courtship chase, Yatsugakake-Mt, Nogano, Japan, February

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese Squirrels (Sciurus lis) mating, Yatsugakake-Mt, Nogano, Japan, February

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese Squirrels (Sciurus lis) in courtship chase, Yatsugakake-Mt, Nogano, Japan, February

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese Squirrels (Sciurus lis) in courtship chase, Yatsugakake-Mt, Nogano, Japan, February

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese Squirrels (Sciurus lis) in courtship chase, Yatsugakake-Mt, Nogano, Japan, February

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese Squirrels (Sciurus lis) mating, Yatsugakake-Mt, Nogano, Japan, February

Nature Production / Cuckoo's egg (Cuculus canorus) in Stonechat's nest with three host eggs, Nagano, Japan, June

Nature Production / Cuckoo's egg (Cuculus canorus) in Bunting's nest with three host eggs, Nagano, Japan, June

Nature Production / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) adult looking inside the nest of a Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus sp) Nagano, Japan, July

Nature Production / Cuckoo's egg (Cuculus canorus) in Brown shrike's nest with two host eggs, Nagano, Japan, June

Nature Production / Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo egg (Cuculus fugax) top left with two host eggs in nest, Nagano, Japan

Nature Production / Spore capsules on back of Autumn Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora) Nagano, Japan

Nature Production / Commerical growing of Shiitake Mushrooms (Agaricus / Lentinus edodes) Nagano, Japan,

Nature Production / Beard Moss (Usnea longissima) covering trees, Mt. Nyukasa, Nagano, Japan, September

Nature Production / Fungus (Auricularia auricula) growing on tree trunk, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / Y-9303 Looking down on clouds below mountain peaks, Yatsugatake, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / Y-8503 Sunset clouds in evening, Norikuradake, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / Y-22706 Mist and clouds in mountain landscape, Norikuradake, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / Y-8602 Sun setting above mountain ridge, Norikuradake, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / Y-9604 Sunset sky above cloud level, Azumi mt, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-6505 Japanese larch tree plantation, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-5606 Mixed Birch woodland, Norikurakogen, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-4002 Silver birch woodland abstract {Betula verrucosa} Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-4004 Silver birch woodland {Betula verrucosa} Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-3202 up to canopy of Birch woodland {Betula sp}, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / M-4001 Silver birch forest, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-7706 Japanese oak tree silhouetted in mist, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-14801 Aerial view of river flowing through wooded valley, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-16305 Water spray in river, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-15004 River meander, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-15003 Aerial view of river flowing round bend through woodland, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-15001 River flowing through woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-13705 Waterfall with curtain of water falling over green plants, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / Y-8301 Cloud formations above mountain peaks, Yatsugatake, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / Y-9401 Aerial view of clouds with mountain peaks just visible, Fujimi, Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-3408 Canopy of Beech trees {Fagus sp} Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-3201 up to canopy of Beech trees {Fagus sp} Nagano, Japan

Aflo / N-6201 Japanese larch tree plantation, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-6204 Japanese larch tree plantation, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-6803 Japanese larch tree plantation, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-4704 to Beech wood canopy {Fagus sp} Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-4201 Trees beside water, Hokuryuko, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-0706 Japanese oak tree in field near woodland, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-22501 Misty landscape, Mt Norikuradake, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-22701 Misty landscape, Mt Norikuradake, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / Y-8405 Misty landscape at sunrise, Mt Norikuradake, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / Y-9601 Sun rising above misty mountains, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / Y-8701 Sun rising above misty landscape, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-14504 Waterfall in woodland, Fukushima, Japan.

Aflo / N-15401 Water reflecting green woodland, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-15503 Waterfall abstract, Nagano, Japan.

Aflo / N-14407 Waterfall, Nagano, Japan.

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, Portrait of a rare native bay Kiso stallion with head collar, standing in paddock, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, a rare native bay Kiso stallion with head collar, standing in paddock, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 2009

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, portrait of a rare native bay Kiso colt, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 2009

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, a rare native bay Kiso gelding running in a forest, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 2009

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, a rare native bay Kiso gelding standing in a forest, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 2009

Yukihiro Fukuda / Young Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) grooming adult, Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen NP, Nagano, Japan