Images Dated 12th January 2016

Monkeys at Wild Snow Monkey Park, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Monkeys are enjoying bathing in a hot spring at Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (Wild Snow Monkey Park), Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
The park is located near Shiga Kogen Plateau, Asiaa??s biggest ski resort, as well as Yudanaka-Shibu Onsen area, one of the highest quality spas in Japan.
The group of monkeys, which come down to Jigokudani (literally means a??Hell Valleya??) Wild Monkey Park, is said to consist of about 160 monkeys. I understand that monkeys generally prefer sunbathing to bathing in the hot spring and therefore, on a fine shining day, they tend to stay high up in their mountain instead of coming down to the valley. On a cold cloudy or snowy day, more of them tend to come down to the valley, including bathing in the hot spring

© 2016 Nobutoshi Akao

Theatre poster, John Loves Mary

Theatre poster, John Loves Mary, Rochester Community Players. The play, by Norman Krasna, opened on Broadway, New York, in February 1948. The film version appeared the following year. The Rochester Community Players, in Monroe County, New York State, performed the play twice, in January 1949 and February 1953.
1949-1953

© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library

Institution of the Order of the Garter by Edward III

Institution of the Order of the Garter by Edward III -- he invests his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince, as first Knight of the Garter, the highest order of chivalry.
circa 1348

© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library

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