The Tropical Botanical Garden, located at a nook of Yunokawa Hot Spring, has a lot of Japanese monkeys. In winter, the pool in the breeding ground is filled with hot spring water. You can see the monkeys soaking themselves in the hot water happily. That would make a lovely picture, especially on a snowy day.
Hot-Tubbing Monkeys (Tropical Botanical Garden)
サル山温泉(熱帯植物園) / Saruyama onsen (Nettai shokubutsuen)
Address | 3-1-15 Yunokawa-cho, Hakodate |
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Access from Hakodate Station |
[Bus] Take the Hakodate Bus Line 95 bound for "Hiyoshi eigyosho mae" and you will arrive at the "Tropical Botanical Garden" bus stop in 20 minutes.
3 minutes on foot [Tram] 30 minutes by tram to the "Yunokawa-onsen" tram stop & 15 minutes on foot |
Phone |
0138-57-7833
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Hours | April - October; 9:30 am - 6:00 pm, November - March; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Holidays | December 29 - January 1 |
Fee | 300 yen |
Payment | x |
Parking | ○ |
Website | Link |
To call from abroad to Hakodate
- Dial the international dialing access code and Japan’s country code (81). See Here
- Drop the first 0 and dial everything else. For example, to call the Japanese number 0138-00-0000 from the US, dial 011-81-138-00-0000.