japan day 2 -- snow monkey pool party

long story how we got to the jigokudani snow monkey park.  let's just say yesterday's peak moment was getting on the 7:24am Asama super-express bullet train from Tokyo to Nagano (1hr and 20min) and just went completely downhill from there.

here's a picture i managed to snap from the train.

and here's the snow monkey pool party.  it was cold and snowy.  the monkeys basically lounged around the "hot tub".  cool trip, but very difficult to get to.  i'd recommend going with a tour group if you want to check it out.