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The Economic Times
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Japan 'snow monkey' park to cap visitors after overcrowding, bad behaviour

A Japanese park famous for "snow monkeys" soaking in hot springs will cap daily numbers after a surge in visitors and cases of bad behaviour including bathing with the animals, an official said Friday.

Nestled in a valley with an altitude of 850 metres (nearly 2,800 feet) in the central Nagano region, Jigokudani Yaen-Koen is inhabited by wild Japanese macaques that regularly bathe in its hot volcanic spring waters.

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