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【Nagano 日本長野】Amazing Snow Monkey Park ☆ 一生必去的地獄谷野猿公苑

地獄谷野猿公苑 – 絕對是必去的景點之一。在冷風刺骨的地獄谷裡, 看見大小雪猴泡在溫泉中, 你是不是也有衝動跳進去一起泡溫泉?
Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park is definitely on the bucket list of many. In the mountain full of snow, wild snow monkeys bath in hot springs – what an amazing scene (it’s too cold amd you may just want to join the monkeys in the hot spring 😂).


Transportation ☆ 野猿公苑的交通

建議交通 從JR長野站, 搭乘公共巴士前往
Recommended Route Take the direct bus departing from JR Nagano Station

Shiga Kogen Line志賀高原線急行巴士
Route 路線JR Nagano Station [長野駅東口] ↔
Monkey Park [スノーモンキーパーク]

當天一大早, YY和我就趕到長野站, 搭乘第三班的長電-志賀高原線急行巴士前往野猿公苑
In order to catch the Shiga Kogen Line bus, YY & Ga woke up early to arrive in JR Nagano Station.

注意事宜 (Pls Note)

  1. 志賀高原線急行巴士大概1小時只有一班 (時刻表), 冬天的時候, 旅客會比較多, 所以Ga建議大家, 盡量早點去排隊👥👥
    The Shiga Kogen Line operates only once every hour (timetable) – Highly recommended to line up earlier if possible
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  2. 急行巴士在長野駅東口的23/24號站台 (千萬不要學Ga, 一開始把YY帶到反方向的長野駅正門…)
    Important – the Shiga Kogen Line departs from no. 23/ 24 bus stop at the EAST exit of JR Nagano Station

【Shiga Kogen Line from HEREEast exit of JR Nagano – take the stairs (where the arrow is) to bus stop 23/ 24
JR長野駅東口 – 出口左邊樓梯直達 23/ 24站台

【WRONG DIRECTION – North Exit of JR Nagano】
The direct bus to Monkey Park is on the other side (Not Here)!!
這邊不是坐志賀高原線急行巴士 ! 這邊不是坐志賀高原線急行巴士 !


Purchasable from the North Exit – ONLY if you want to get the 2-day pass (¥3,600).
要是你打算買 2天乘車劵 (包含一次公苑入場), 就在車站北口這邊, 地下長野電鐵線售票口去購買吧
http://www.nagaden-net.co.jp.e.yv.hp.transer.com/info/ticket/

Winter View in the Park ☆ 白色的冰雪世界

比原來的計劃晚了15分鐘, 終於可以下車!! 辛苦了日本巴士大叔 – 又要換雪鍊, 又要小心駕駛 – 最終只是晚了一丁點。
After nearly 60 mins (YY & Ga had a good sleep), we finally started walking towards Jigokudani Onsen Resort area.
(normally take 50 mins, with delays to be expected in bad weather/ heavy snow)

Luggage can be stored at the tourist center next to the entrance sign. But our suggestion is to store luggage at JR Nagano Station before you take the bus
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志賀高原美術館和遊客中心也都能寄存行李 (¥500), 但Ga還是建議在出發前, 先在長野駅找個貯物箱安置好

過了最后一個cafe和遊客中心, 再步行35-45分鐘就能抵達公苑入口! 路上的雪景真美 (*⌒▽⌒*)
It would take another 35 – 45 mins walk from the resort area to the Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park.
(One of the BEST winter view YY & Ga have ever seen during this walk)


Snow Monkeys ☆ 雪猴登場

經過公苑售票處, 再走過一段很滑的雪路之後, 終於見到可愛的雪猴了 🐒
Finally a close contact with the Super Starsss – the Bathing Snow Monkeys! 🐒🐒🐒

Very heavy snow that day – but fewer monkeys bathing in hot spring as compared to those playing around
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不知道是不是大風雪的原因, 怎麼泡在溫泉裡的雪猴好像不多呢… 不過每一隻都還是好可愛

回程的時候, 只要回到本來下車的地方等就好。建議在離開公苑前, 一定要先看看下一班車的時刻表! 要不然可能要多等1小時。
Remember to check the bus schedule before leaving the park! (otherwise, may need to wait for 1+ hour)



Jigokudani Monkey Park ☆ 地獄谷野猿公苑

Opening Hours (in Winter): 0900 – 1600 | (in Summer): 0830 – 1700
Ticket: ¥800 (adult), ¥400 (children) (*1-time admission is covered if you have the Snow Monkey Pass)
Official website: http://jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/


Sightseeing in Nagano ☆ 長野市到此一遊

回到長野, 我們冒著寒風, 到著名的信州善光寺參觀 — 這日本國寶的頭銜, 果然非同一般!
After we got back to Nagano City (and before the next train to Nozawa-onsen), YY & Ga went to visit the Zenkō-ji Temple. Nagano City is a nice place to drop by, if you have half a day or at least a few hours.



看過雪猴泡溫泉, 當天晚上YY和Ga就到野澤, 自己也可以泡免費溫泉啦 – 關於野澤, 請看這裡的文章
Next stop – Nozawa Onsen. Pls refer to this blog post.