There are few animals cuter than snow monkeys taking a bath in in a hot spring in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan.
The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), better known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan. They get their name snow monkey because they live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year – no other nonhuman primate is more northern-living, nor lives in a colder climate. Snow monkeys have brown-grey fur, red faces, and short tails. Two subspecies of the snow monkeys are known.
In Japan, the snow monkey is known as Nihonzaru (Nihon 日本 "Japan" + saru 猿 "monkey") to distinguish it from other primates, but the Japanese macaque is very familiar in Japan, so when Japanese people simply say saru, they usually have in mind the Japanese macaque or snow monkey.

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