後編です。高崎山自然動物園でのおサルたちのイモ取り競争が終わった後の猿寄せ場の様子です。スタッフの方のお話がとても興味深くて面白かったです。食事後はそれぞれの家族が仲良く毛繕いをしたり授乳したりしていました。時折小ザルが大人のサルに追い回されてギーギーと鳴くことがある他は、サル同士が喧嘩することもなく、みんなとても仲が良さそうでした。サルが人間を威嚇したり人間に手を出すようなことは一度もありませんでした。今回あまり時間がとれず、さるっこレールであわてて下山しましたが、ぜひもう一度ゆっくりと訪れたいと思いました。
Takasakiyama is a mountain 628 meters high near Beppu Bay. It is located between Oita city and Beppu city and is known as the forest where many wild monkeys live. Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden (Takasakiyama Monkey Park) is at the foot of the mountain. It isn't a common zoo. Wild Japanese monkeys gather there by artificial feeding. They are living near this park in Mount Takasaki.
In the early 20th century, the monkeys had ruined farm crops around this area. The farmers had been trying to drive the monkeys away, but all methods had no effect. The mayor of Oita city thought upside down, and tried to feed them and use them as a resource of the sightseeing in 1952. And the place to feed them was constructed and was opened in 1953. First, 220 monkeys came here, and more than 1,200 monkeys come now.
How to get to here
By route bus
About 25 minutes from JR Oita station.
About 15 minutes from JR Beppu station.
1 июн 2013
