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Japanese Macaques
Japanese Macaques at the Iwatayama Monkey Park. Grooming is an important part of monkey social life. These monkeys are technically wild. The troop roams the mountain freely, but you may feed them by entering a special building. Outside of the building you can wander freely amongst the monkeys. You must however be aware, they are definitely not tame and they view a camera lens as a very large eye. Point directly at them for too long and they become unhappy.
The Japanese macaque , historically known as ''saru'' , but now known as ''Nihonzaru'' to distinguish it from other primates, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species native to Japan. It is also sometimes known as the snow monkey because it lives in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year — no primate, with the exception of humans, is more northern-living, nor lives in a colder climate. Individuals have brown-grey fur, red faces, and short tails. There are two subspecies.
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