As a side note, while scouting, my team and I enjoy to camp, and some days it gets windy in the highlands, and some days we do not have access to tap water and drink and cook from crystal clear mountain streams, and this year we are scouting for three weeks, and it sure is beautiful in the backcountry of authentic Japan. Japan is over 70% unpopulated wilderness, with an abundance of wildlife, our macaque population is over a hundred and fifty thousand, and at Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park, there are roughly 300 monkeys in three separate troops, and over 99% of tourists, including Japanese visit the park and hot springs to photograph and visit with the wild snow monkeys. This is an excellent balance to keep the ordinary tourist away from the wild backcountry and leave the wilderness to those experienced in wilderness camping trekking and survival. The snow monkey park does have its charms, and I visit with clients several times a year due to the easy access to photo ops with the wild Japanese macaque. In the wilderness, you probably will not get anywhere near as close as you will in the park in one outing, but if you have a week to camp by a natural wild hot spring's you should have a visit with a snow monkey or two. But don't worry if no snow monkeys that day; you are sure to benefit from shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) in healing milky white hot springs.