A year with Japanese snow monkeys

The Japanese macaque or snow monkey is famous for its love of hot outdoor natural springs. Yukihiro Fukuda, formerly a vet, did 12 months of field research and photographed the macaque extensively in the Jigokudani Valley, which it covered in snow for 4 month of the year.

1(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

2(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

3(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

4(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

5(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

6(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

7(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

8(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

9(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

10(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

11(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

12(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

13(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte