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I couldn’t be motivated to climb a mountain in Miyajima that had a flame which had been burning nonstop for over a thousand years in a shrine, but I was easily motivated to climb a mountain in Kyoto to see monkeys. I love monkeys.
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Before I came to Japan I had no idea that up in the mountains all across the country there are wild macaque monkeys. While staying in Kyoto I decided to go to the town of Arashiyama and climb 30 minutes up to Iwatayama Monkey Park to see some of Japan’s macaques in action. The park is inhabited by a troop of over 170 monkeys. They are all wild and at times dangerous, but you can feed them food purchased at the park.
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It was awesome and so much fun feeding these little guys. I felt right at home, they have little monkey feet and I was wearing my monkey feet; Vibram five-finger shoes.
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Did you try to eat the monkey food? lol
No but it looked good.
Great Pictures!!!
Wow. That is beautiful. I wish I could go to Japan to see this for myself.