Iwatayama Monkey Park - The Park Itself

The Park Itself

Once you reach the top, the attendants show you into a hut with wire fence covering the windows, here you can buy drinks for yourself, and food to give to the monkeys.

The choice of food for the monkeys ranges from bags of apple and banana slices, bags of biscuits, and bags of chestnuts and peanuts. As of July 2011, bags of food are sold for JPY 100.

The monkeys hang onto the outside of the wire fences and reach inside to get the food.

Be careful when feeding the monkeys as they snatch the food from your hands very quickly which may scare some small children, also you have to be careful that they don't take the whole bag from you.