Kyoto, Planet of the Apes
July 11th 2007 I know what you are thinking: 'what? apes in kyoto?' well, in truth, not apes. but monkeys! Today I got to visit Iwatayama Monkey Park, just on the western outskirts of Kyoto. [Interesting fact: getting confused by all the places in Japan with 'yama' in the name? I know I am. Yama means mountain in Japanese and, Japan being an entirely mountainous region, just about every other town is yama-so
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