{"id":545,"date":"2023-09-26T12:16:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T03:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2023-11-28T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:46:25","slug":"awaji-monkey-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/en\/awaji-monkey-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Awaji Island Monkey Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Awaji Island Monkey Center is a sightseeing spot where more than 350 Japanese macaques, known as &#8220;Awaji macaques,&#8221; live. The Awaji macaques are characterized by their friendliness compared to other Japanese macaques. They return to the mountains in the evening, so it is recommended to visit early in the day. The Awaji Monkey Center also studies the behavior and birth records of Awaji macaques, making it a valuable place for both animal lovers and researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview of Awaji Monkey Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-st-table-line-2\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Awaji Island Monkey Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Address<\/td><td>289 Hatagumi, Awaji City, Hyogo Pref.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phone<\/td><td>0799-29-0112<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Official WEB<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/monkey-center.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/monkey-center.com\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Opening hours<\/td><td>9:30-17:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Closed<\/td><td>Thursdays (open on national holidays and year-end and New Year&#8217;s holidays) *Closed most of the year in autumn as the monkeys move deeper into the mountains.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Admission<\/td><td>Adults 1,000 yen, children 400 yen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parking<\/td><td>Yes (40 spaces)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parking fee<\/td><td>Free<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Access<\/td><td>By car: 40 minutes from the Saidan-Mihara IC, 45 minutes from the Sumoto IC<br>Public Transportation:- 1 min.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awaji Island Monkey Center is a tourist facility inhabited by more than 350 friendly &#8220;Awaji monkeys&#8221; and began feeding them in 1967. Early visit is recommended as they return to the mountains in the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/?p=419"},"categories":[18],"tags":[38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holic.awajimammoth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}