Community of 300 Monkeys Living within Unexplored Regions
Hagachizakl-en is an unexplored region in lzu enclosed by the solemn
precipice of the Sekiheki (Red Wall) and Mount Hagachi This area forms
the largest habitat of wild monkeys in East japan In 1953, Yohei Hida
started hand-feeding the monkeys and it took him four years until they
got used to him just as there are many kinds of people, monkeys have
different personalities and facial expressions Please enjoy your holiday by
Monkeys living near
the beach are rare
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of monkeys living in
Hagachizaki is about 300 Centered
around the boss monkey, the troop conducts
itself as a community Characteristic for Japanese
monkeys are their red face and bottom and their short
The Japanese monkey
(Macaca Fuscata) has an
abundance of motherhood.
of all the types of monkeys in
the world, the Japanese monkey
is said to have thestrongest
affection towards their offspring
Baby monkeys playing innocently
From Tokyo
■ By Shinkansen (bullet train), transferring at Atami
Tokyo → Atami (55minutes)
Atami → Shimoda (1 hour 20 minutes)
■ Direct train to Shimoda
Tokyo → Shimoda (2 hours40 minutes)
■ By bus from Shimoda
Shimoda → Hagachizaki (1 hour)
■ By automobile
Tokyo → Atami → Shimoda → Hagachizaki (about 4 hours)
Numazu IC → Shuzenji → Dogashima → Hagachizaki (about 2 hours)
【INFORMATION】
Opening Times
8:30- 16:50 (16 March - 15 October)
8:30- 16:30 (16 October -15 March)
Admission
Adults 500yen (Children 250yen)
Groups 450 yen (30 or more)