My room in the Uotoshi ryokan. Had the whole inn to myself for the two days I was here - which meant I could use the much bigger men's onsen - which had wall high windows overlooking the garden, so I could luxiarate in the onsen, watching the window fog and the blurred outline of rain dripping foliage outside.

Part of the forest walk to the hot springs

Near the entrance to the park, there is this sprouting hot geyser

First monkeys! Building in the background is the entrance to the park.

The walkway into the park. The small rock wall to the upper left of the falls and below the bridge line the shallow hot springs where the monkeys eat and bathe

Swinging in the breeze

This is the area down from the falls. I was very excited at the number of monkeys present, especially as in hot weather they often stay up in the shade of the trees. I think there may have been 40 monkeys in the public area of the park; apparently there are about 400 monkeys altogether.

Checking out the hot spring

An entranced on-looker

Meditating