Jigokudani Monkey Park
A steep valley in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park where wild Japanese macaques soak in hot spring pools, most memorably in winter snow. The name means Hell's Valley, for the steam and boiling water that rise from cracks in the frozen ground.
- Where
- Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 36.7328, 138.4627
Get the Jigokudani Monkey Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jigokudani Monkey Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Nagano volume with your photos and a note.
Near Jigokudani Monkey Park
Tomioka Silk Mill 65 km
Japan's oldest modern silk reeling factory, set up by the government in 1872 to bring French machine reeling to the country. Its long brick buildings survive in very good condition, and in 2014 it was listed as a World Heritage Site.
Matsumoto Castle 70 km
One of Japan's premier historic castles and a National Treasure, originally known as Fukashi Castle. Its black-walled keep, nicknamed Crow Castle for its colour, rises over a moat with the Japanese Alps behind it.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route 85 km
A 37-kilometre mountain route through the Northern Alps between Tateyama in Toyama and Omachi in Nagano, opened in 1971, climbing through a height difference of up to 1,975 metres. It is travelled by cable car, ropeway and bus, past the Kurobe Dam and, in spring, high walls of snow.
Lake Chūzenji 89 km
A lake high in Nikkō National Park, formed some 20,000 years ago when an eruption of Mount Nantai blocked a river. Its shores are lined with maples that turn red in autumn, and foreign embassies once kept summer villas along it.
Kamikochi 92 km
A remote highland valley in the Hida Mountains of western Nagano, reached only by bus or taxi since private cars are kept out. Trails follow the clear Azusa River past Kappa Bridge, beneath the peaks of the Hotaka range.
Kegon Falls 93 km
A waterfall of about 97 metres where Lake Chūzenji spills into the Daiya River, in Nikkō National Park. It formed when lava flows rerouted the river, and about twelve smaller falls seep from cracks in the rock around it.
Futarasan Shrine 101 km
A Shinto shrine in Nikkō, beside Tōshō-gū, dedicated to the gods of the sacred mountains around the town. Both it and a shrine in Utsunomiya claim to be the ichinomiya, the first shrine, of old Shimotsuke Province.
Nikkō Tōshō-gū 101 km
The shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is enshrined, set among tall cedars in Nikkō. Its buildings are lavishly carved, painted and gilded, from the Yōmeimon gate to the famous panel of the three wise monkeys.
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Questions
Where is Jigokudani Monkey Park?
Jigokudani Monkey Park is in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tomioka Silk Mill (65 km), Matsumoto Castle (70 km), Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (85 km).
How do I get the Jigokudani Monkey Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jigokudani Monkey Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Nagano volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Jigokudani Monkey Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Nagano volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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