Explore Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park with a Local Guide

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1. The tour starts from this station.

   10 min

2. This tourist information center is pretty small, but interesting and has quite good information for tourists. You can take a map or brochure for free.

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3. Jigokudani Fountain is blowing high. Jigokudani means Hell Valley in Japanese, Jigokudani Fountain is designated as a national natural monument. The hot spring that gushes from the bottom of the river is a natural fountain that can be up to 20 meters high. It’s dynamic landscape is also great!

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4. Located in the Yokoyu River Valley at an altitude of 850m, the Jigokudani Yaen Koen is known as "Hell Valley" due to the steep cliffs and steam emitting from the springs. It's buried in snow for a third of the year but is a paradise for the monkeys of Nagano area as they enjoy bathing in the hot springs to warm up.

   40 minEntré inkluderet

5. If you're feeling a bit peckish while waiting for the bus to Yudanaka Station, we recommend grabbing some coffee or apple pie for takeout at this café here.

   5 min

6. Known as ‘ashi-yu’ in Japanese, the foot spa can be used free of charge and offers simple relaxation when awaiting your train. Simply take your shoes and socks off, roll-up your pants and rest your feet in the thermal water. After a day of exploring the monkey park, it’s amazing how much this simple action refreshes your body and reinvigorates you for the journey ahead.

   15 min

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• 5Snow monkeys with Hori

  What an awesome experience! Having a guide like Hori, made it so much better than if we’d done it by ourselves. His information and stories about the snow monkeys, the area and personal experiences were amazing. The monkeys themselves were not afraid to be close to us. A long but beautiful walk to get to them was so worth it! Thank you Hori, we loved every minute.

  X7300RFnataliejmaj 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Fabulous snow monkey tour with our guide Tomio! He was knowledgeable about the Nagano area snow monkeys and Japanese culture. Aw

  Fabulous snow monkey tour with our guide Tomio! He was knowledgeable about the Nagano area snow monkeys and Japanese culture. Awesome day!

  Anna Kapril 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Fabulous snow monkey tour with Tomio

  The snow monkey tour with Tomio was awesome! We learn so much about the Nagano area and the snow monkeys. His English was great and he really customized the tour for us ... throwing in a sake brewery tasting.

  Anna_Kapril 2026via Viator

• 5Tamio was brilliant

  I travelled Solo and the guide Tamio an affable older gentleman was very pleasant, knowledgeable and was even able to help me buy my Shinkansen tickets. The snow monkeys were exactly as expected though I understand got lucky with the weather as they don't soak in certain conditions. All and all a fantastic experience. One note it is a hike to get to the monkeys so I can only recommend this experience to those comfortable with hiking about 2 miles (one there and one back approximately) on rough uneven and in the snow icy and slippery trails.

  thespazfromrjanuar 2026via Tripadvisor

• 1Useless like having no tour guide

  The tour guide was late she showed up 10 minutes late. Her picture was 10 year younger than the actual one in person. She was the worst tour guys I every had with Vistor in 20 plus years I have used Viator in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Australia , New Zealand and Many more countries through out my 20 years using Viator. She was the worst ever. We could have easily just gone online and bought the entrance tickets and train & bus ride. First she didn’t wait for us and raced forward without even looking back and had to run to catch up with her my girlfriend lagged further behind and told her she is the tour guide and needs to stay with my girlfriend to make sure she was okay. She then after one hour stay with her then she didn’t and told me she need me . I told her I have to keep moving forward and she needs to make sure she was okay then she need med her inhaler so I went back to give it to her but it took me awhile since I sprain my ankle a few days ago and was walking slower than normal but a steady pace. We had only 20 minutes at the monkey hot springs but it was enough since they were not swimming in the hot springs but climbing and playing around the rocks tell they all came running to the park ranger who was feeding them that afternoon around 2:30-3pm. She the. Said lets go before they feed the monkey and we started our climb back down she told us not to use the bathroom up there since the one nicer down below but she quickly left both my girlfriend and I and charged ahead not even looking back she was a good 10-15 minutes ahead of me and 20 -25 minutes before my girlfriend there was k my us I. Her tour now I know why. She probably got some other bad reviews! She charge ahead to go to the bathroom and I could see she disappeared in the building but as I was approaching she came out drinking her water! She never once during the 3 hours of we needed some water. So the cost of the tickets was less than $50 each so the was paid over $200 for nothing! There was no other tour guide and about 75 to over 100 people walked up the trail without any guide. She did not say one word about the monkeys or history or nothing she was so useless the tour was 100percent waste of money we could do it by our self she didn’t stay with us so it was like we didn’t even have a tour guide plus she could even spend 50 cent for water to give us. Wow what is Viator doing hiring such a bad terrible tour guide. Never again!

  Anonymousmaj 2025via Viator

• 5Fabulous Experience

  Our Viator Tour Guide Hori was excellent. He was thoroughly knowledgeable about the Fabulous Snow Monkeys, professional and so interesting to talk with. He even found us the 3 day old new baby with its mother. Our experience with the snow monkeys was once in a lifetime and it was magic watching them interact, bathe in the pool, play, cuddle, vie for food, etc. This is an experience no one should miss if they have the chance.

  798alexandercapril 2025via Tripadvisor

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How it compares in Nagano

• Its from-price is 33% below the median of the 179 experiences we list in Nagano.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 21 of 179.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Nagano

Nagano is a mountain city in central Japan, centred on the old Zenko-ji temple and ringed by ski slopes, hot springs and alpine valleys.

Nagano sits in a basin among the mountains of central Honshu, and Zenko-ji, a temple traditionally founded in the seventh century, is the heart of the city. Pilgrims have come to it for more than a thousand years, up a long approach lined with shops and lodgings to a great wooden hall. The city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998.

Top-ranked sights in Nagano: Jigokudani Monkey Park (Jigokudani Yaen-Koen), Zenkoji Temple, Yudanaka Onsen.

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