Japanese monkeys in hot spring

HAKODATE, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2026. (Kyodo)

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2026.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2026.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2026.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2026.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

HAKODATE, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May -- an annual event that started in 1971. (Kyodo)

Monkeys warm by fire

INUYAMA, Japan, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Monkeys warm themselves by a fire at the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Dec. 20, 2024. (Kyodo)

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May -- an annual event that started in 1971.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May -- an annual event that started in 1971.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May -- an annual event that started in 1971.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May -- an annual event that started in 1971.

Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

A Japanese monkey and her baby are pictured on a tiny island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2024.

Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

A Japanese monkey and her baby are pictured on a tiny island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2024.

Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

Japanese monkeys are pictured on a beach of a tiny island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2024.

Peppermill most popular monkey at Oita zoo

OITA, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 20, 2024, shows baby Japanese macaque Peppermill at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japan city of Oita. Of 20 monkeys at the zoo, Peppermill, born in April 2023 and named after a two-fisted "pepper grinder" gesture popularized by Samurai Japan players during the March 2023 World Baseball Classic, won a popularity vote conducted over the previous month. (Kyodo)

Peppermill most popular monkey at Oita zoo

Peppermill most popular monkey at Oita zoo

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2024, shows baby Japanese macaque Peppermill (L) at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japan city of Oita. Of 20 monkeys at the zoo, Peppermill, born in April 2023 and named after a two-fisted "pepper grinder" gesture popularized by Samurai Japan players during the March 2023 World Baseball Classic, won a popularity vote conducted over the previous month.

Peppermill most popular monkey at Oita zoo

Peppermill most popular monkey at Oita zoo

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2024, shows baby Japanese macaque Peppermill at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japan city of Oita. Of 20 monkeys at the zoo, Peppermill, born in April 2023 and named after a two-fisted "pepper grinder" gesture popularized by Samurai Japan players during the March 2023 World Baseball Classic, won a popularity vote conducted over the previous month.

[Breaking News]Japanese monkeys in hot spring

HAKODATE, Japan Kyodo - Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May. (Kyodo)

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May.

Baseball: Lotte warm-up game against Taiwan pro team

Baseball: Lotte warm-up game against Taiwan pro team

Lotte Marines manager Masato Yoshii (C) high-fives players of Taiwanese pro baseball team Rakuten Monkeys after a warm-up game during the Japanese Pacific League team's pre-season training in Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm at a zoo in Tonosho in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023.

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm at a zoo in Tonosho in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023.

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm at a zoo in Tonosho in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023.

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys in winter

Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm at a zoo in Tonosho in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Photo taken on Jan. 14, 2023 shows Japanese monkeys soaking in hot spring at Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Photo taken on Jan. 14, 2023 shows Japanese monkeys soaking in hot spring at Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Japanese monkeys in hot spring

Photo taken on Jan. 14, 2023 shows Japanese monkeys soaking in hot spring at Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Monkeys at southwestern Japan hot spring

Monkeys at southwestern Japan hot spring

Two Japanese monkeys are pictured, with one of them eating a "yuzu" citrus at a hot spring at Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan on Dec. 22, 2022.

Monkeys in southwestern Japan hot spring

Monkeys in southwestern Japan hot spring

Japanese monkeys grab "yuzu" citruses at a hot spring at Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan on Dec. 22, 2022.

Monkeys in hot spring

Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques soak in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight "snow monkeys" soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

Monkeys in hot spring

Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques cling to a hot water pipe at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2014. The sight of "snow monkeys" soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

Monkeys in hot spring

Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - A young Japanese macaque touches a tourist's camera at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight of monkeys soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular as "snow monkeys" among tourists from Japan and abroad.

Monkeys in hot spring

Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists take photos of Japanese macaques soaking in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight is popular "snow monkeys" among tourists from Japan and abroad.

Monkeys in hot spring

Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques soak in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2014. The sight "snow monkeys" soaking is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

Monkeys soak themselves in north Japan hot spring

Monkeys soak themselves in north Japan hot spring

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys indulge themselves in an outdoor natural hot spa in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2015.

Monkeys indulge themselves in north Japan hot spring

Monkeys indulge themselves in north Japan hot spring

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys soak themselves in an outdoor natural hot spa in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2015.

Monkey steals candy pack at Kyodo gravesite

Monkey steals candy pack at Kyodo gravesite

OSAKA, Japan - One of several Japanese monkeys inhabiting a cemetery in Kyoto, western Japan, makes off with a pack of candies placed at a tomb stone in this undated photo.

Monkeys in winter

Monkeys in winter

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm under the eaves as snow falls at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 10, 2014.

Monkeys in alpine areas

Monkeys in alpine areas

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2013 shows a Japanese monkey eating dwarf stone pine nuts on Mt. Otensho in Nagano Prefecture.

Monkeys in alpine areas

Monkeys in alpine areas

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2013 shows a couple of Japanese monkeys sitting on a rocky stretch of Mt. Otensho in Nagano Prefecture.

Monkeys in alpine areas

Monkeys in alpine areas

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2013 shows a couple of Japanese monkeys wandering on rock ridges of Mt. Otensho in Nagano Prefecture.

Giants bring home 1st Asia Series championship

Giants bring home 1st Asia Series championship

BUSAN, South Korea - Members of the Japanese pro baseball Yomiuri Giants celebrate after defeating the Taiwan champion Lamigo Monkeys 6-3 in the final of the Asia Series Championship in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 11, 2012, bringing home the team's first victory in the championship.

Giants bring home 1st Asia Series championship

Giants bring home 1st Asia Series championship

BUSAN, South Korea - Tatsunori Hara, manager of the Japanese pro baseball Yomiuri Giants, holds the trophy after the team defeats the Taiwan champion Lamigo Monkeys 6-3 in the final of the Asia Series Championship in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 11, 2012, bringing home the Giants' first victory in the championship.

Monkeys huddle to keep warm in snow

Monkeys huddle to keep warm in snow

OITA, Japan - Japanese macaques snuggle to keep warm amid the falling snow at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2012.

Monkeys huddle to keep warm in snow

Monkeys huddle to keep warm in snow

OITA, Japan - Japanese macaques snuggle to keep warm amid the falling snow at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2012.

Monkeys get hot springs treat

Monkeys get hot springs treat

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 15, 2010. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool. The facility will keep the hot spring for the monkeys through May 2011 for viewing by visitors.