August 4th (Thursday) We headed back to Kyoto for our last weekend in Japan.
Arashiyama is a district just west of Kyoto. It sits on the Oi River.
We headed up a trail on Mount Arashiyama.
When you hike to the top you arrive at Iwatayama. There are 150-170 wild macaque monkeys who live in community at the top. Jane and Michi (from our last visit to Kyoto) joined us for the fun.
Monkeys drinking water.
Monkeys chillaxin'!
There is a viewing/feeding area you can enter.
Essentially, we are put in a cage and allowed to feed the monkeys.
We hung out for an hour. Jane and I chit chatted. Matt and I fed monkeys together. I looked over and saw Spencer crackin' peanuts for a baby monkey. It was just precious.
And then....my own monkeys!
What a good big sister!
Jane had us back for some Johnsonville Brats, baked beans, corn, and ice cream!!! Yeah!!!
Kaz and Yoshi were able to join us.
We had a wonderful...quick...dinner before heading back to the River for night fishing.
Here's a brochure pic overlooking the boarding area.
To view the fishing, we boarded a boat that sails alongside the fishermen.
The cormorant birds wear a ring around the neck that allows small fish to be swallowed but prevents larger fish from being digested. The fishermen bring the birds to the boat to spit out the fish.
Several interesting conversations came out of this experience.
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