Zoo Spots in Japan

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Category

Leisure / Hobbies

Leisure / Outdoors

Awaji Island Monkey Center

4.0

30 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hyougo Pref. Sumotoshi Hatadagumi 289

"A facility where visitors can watch the Japanese macaques which live in the Kashiwara Mountains on the southeast side of Awaji Island. The facility is located a 40-minute drive on National Route 28 from the Seidan-Mihara interchange on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway. The monkeys come down from the mountains each morning around 9:00 and return around 17:00. Particularly in winter when there is little food to be found in the mountains, many monkeys come here looking for something to eat, giving visitors a strong chance of being able to see some. The monkeys get along well with each other and on cold evenings visitors may be able to catch sight of them huddling together in a phenomenon locals call ""saru dango"" (""monkey dumplings""). The season for monkey watching is from December to August."

自然界の猿と触れ合える。駐車場から少し急な道を歩いて5分少々。淡路の猿の生態系を、学ぶ事が出来る。人間が檻の中に入って外部の猿に餌をあげるのが楽しい。
Hitachi City Kamine Zoo

4.0

31 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Miyatachou 5-2-22

This zoo is located inside the Hitachi Kamine Park overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Popular for its elephants, giraffes, capybara beavers, and lesser pandas, this zoo nurtures around 500 creatures of 70 varieties. The Petting Square, where one can touch the smaller animals and the python and observe the animals up-close is one of the main attractions. The Elephant Cafe is also popular where one can watch the elephants while enjoying a snack.

GWしか行ったことがないのですが、いつも混んでます。新しく、はちゅウるい館が出来てました。その隣のウサギやモルモットに触れるふれあい広場や、カピバラやカワウソのいる区画は、子供連れで特に混んでます。動物園の中央付近の軽食売店も混み混みです。クマのすみかはクマを上から見ることができ、他の動物園のように前から見るだけよりはよく見えると思います。ガイドマップには60種類以上の動物の名前があります。それほ...
Omuta City Zoo

4.0

44 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukuoka Pref. Omutashi Shouwamachi 163

This is a zoo surrounded by the lush nature of Enmei Park, located in just about the center of Omuta City. Inside are lions, tigers and squirrel monkeys, as well as a children’s amusement park with merry-go-rounds, a viewing platform and a picnic area, making it a place loved by people of all ages and families with children most of all. Popular events include animal petting activities.

口コミ評価の高い動物園。園内はさほど広くなく、突き当りまで行ってから同じ道を引き返すようになっているので、迷う心配がない。子供連れにちょうどいいが、大人でも十分に楽しめそう。ホワイトタイガーのように、ここでしか見られない動物もいる。
Hamura Zoo

4.0

41 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Hamurashi Hane 4122

This small zoo opened in 1978 as Japan’s first town-managed zoo, and it’s located about 20 minutes from Hamura Station. The zoo keeps a variety of animals including the popular lesser pandas, giraffes, ostriches, and meerkats. The appeal to the zoo is the fact that it is a small-scale park with an at–home ambience featuring the “Doki-doki Hands-On” area where visitors can pet chicks and guinea pigs and the “Nakayoshi Dobutsu Park” with a fairytale theme where guests can feed goats and miniature pigs. It also has a grassy lawn and a steam locomotive on display, making it a perfect place to picnic and spend a relaxing day.

4歳の息子と10歳の娘を連れて行きました。市営の動物園なので、あまり期待していなかったのですが、動物の種類が多く、見応えあり！キリンの子供が可愛らしくほのぼのしました。ペンギンや日本猿の群れはお互いのコミュニケーションの取り方がよく分かり楽しめました。動物園のマスコットのレッサーパンダも可愛かったです。乗り物広場もあり、子連れではちょうど良い敷地の広さでした。駐車場も完備されてい...
Tohoku Safari Park

4.0

46 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukushima Pref. Nihonmatsushi Sawamatsukura 1

This is a zoo in Shiozawa Hot Spring, Nihonmatsu City, about 15 minutes by car from Nihonmatsu Interchange. Within the facility, carnivores such as lions and tigers and approximately 1,100 herbivorous animals such as African elephants and giraffes run free in the expansive grounds. Visitors can enjoy a thrilling feeling of exploration by taking a trip around the park by car, rent-a-car or a zoo bus. In addition, visitors can see unusual animals up close as well as white lions and white zebras in the park, and can feed the animals from the car in the herbivorous area.

I was at Ebisu Circut and these two places are connected in part. It shocked me to see a polar bear and other bears in small cages!!! And they have to listen to cars enginees all days, how is it...
Nagano City Joyama Zoo

4.0

54 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Nagano-shi Uematsu 2-1-19

A free zoo located in Joyama Park, a popular cherry blossom viewing destination in Spring. Open every day excluding the end of the year and regularly scheduled closing days, the zoo is popular because visitors can take in the animal exhibits even in winter, as well as because of its variety of rides and attractions of all sizes. A great place to enjoy a relaxing stroll, here visitors can see animals such as Japanese macaques, great white pelicans, and Yakushima sika deer. There's also a petting zoo where visitors can pet rabbits, guinea pigs, and miniature horses.

I enjoy local zoos especially when they house animals of the area. I came here on my way to one of the temples and was surprised there was no admission, you can simply walk through it. The zoo is on...
Choshikei Monkey Park

3.5

52 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagawa Pref. Shouzuguntonoshouchou Hitoyama Forceps 3387-10

Choshikei Gorge is one of Shodoshima Island's top scenic areas, in the same league as Kankakei Gorge. You can encounter more than 500 monkeys that inhabit the valley at their Monkey Park and try feeding them under the caretaker's watchful gaze. There's a lookout above the gorge with a 360-degree view.

お猿の国ということで、もしかするとちょっと凶暴なお猿がいるのでは？と警戒していたのだけど、ちょうど子猿が生まれる時期でもあり、母猿にベッタリの子猿がとてもかわいかった。観光客に餌をおねだりして離さないお猿がいて笑ってしまいました。かわいいお猿たちに癒された！ちゃんとルールを守れば、とっても楽しい滞在になると思います。
Japan Snake Center

3.5

41 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gunma Pref. Otashi Yabudukachou 3318

This is the only research and exhibition facility in Japan which specializes in snakes. It is located approximately 10 minutes' walk from the Tobu Kiryu Line's Yabuzuka Station. Its main purpose is the research and uses of venomous snakes, and in the Venomous Snake Terrarium, visitors can see King Cobras, Rattlesnakes and other snakes from around the world. In the Orochi Terrarium, large snakes such as the yellow anaconda and alligator snapping turtles are on display. Viper venom extraction demonstrations are held on weekends and national holidays in the Antivenom Room.

In a remote-ish part of Gunma, the snake center is very interesting to visit. Foreign tourists will probably not want to visit, as it takes a while to get to, but its fun. Its a little old, but you...
Iida City Zoo

4.0

40 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Idashi Ougimachi 33

A zoo situated along Mizunote-dori Street in Ogi-machi, Iida City. Specializing in small animals such as Humboldt penguins, meerkats, beavers, and wallabies, the zoo also keeps birds, including birds of prey; monkeys; and Japanese serow. The zoo also has a petting zoo area with ponies.

動物と触れ合えます。飼育員さんたちの愛情がつたわっているんでしょうね！ここの動物たちは人間のことが好きなんだなって感じました。ポニーの大五郎くんは担当さんが大好きで甘えてました。一人で来園の方が多く、静かにゆっくり楽しめました。何度でも行きたいと思う動物園です。
Chiba Zoological Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Chibashi Wakaba-ku Minamotochou 280

The expansive Chiba Zoological Park opened in 1985, and has a variety of courses to enjoy, including a petting zoo where you can feed animals or ride a pony. There are barbecue pits and a restaurant so you can spend a full day here. A portion of sales from the popular Lesser Panda Ramen, available at zoo restaurant, goes to support the zoo, as well.
Iki Dolphin Park & Resort

4.0

38 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagasaki Iki Katsumotocho Higashifure 2668-3

A seaside park located in Higashifure Katsumoto-cho, Iki City. Bottlenose dolphins are raised in a natural bay in the park. Each day during designated times, visitors can get close to and interact with the dolphins via play and feeding activities. The park also has a variety of playground equipment.

四匹のイルカがおり、遊泳していました。朝のトレーニングとして10時からイルカのトレーニングが始まりました。飛び跳ねることを見られてよかったです。
Gunma Insect World

4.0

31 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gunma Pref. Kiryushi Nisatochoutsurugaya 460-1

Visitors learn about insects up close on the expansive grounds of this experiential education facility that replicates the Japanese countryside in the Niisato area of Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. In environments that closely resembles the insects’ natural habitats such as woods, rice fields, and brooks, visitors observe varieties like butterflies and beetles. In the insect observation facility there are many displays of woodland creatures and insects from around the world. There is also a subtropical greenhouse where you can see the tree nymph butterfly, the largest in Japan.

県が運営しているということもあって大人の入場料が４１０円と格安なのと、中学生以下が無料というのが何とも素晴らしい。これだけの施設と展示内容だと大人だと１，５００円以上、子供もその半額くらいとられても十分に納得がいく。マレーシアによくある日本人もよく訪れるような熱帯の蝶が飛び交うバタフライファームがあるのは日本ではここだけなのでは？鬱蒼とした熱帯の植物群が生い茂るドームの中に、南国の蝶の...
Tsushima Wildlife Conservation Center

4.0

49 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagasaki Pref. Tsushimashi Kamiagatamachisago Nishizato 2956-5

This wildlife protection facility is located in Sago, Kamiagata-cho, Tsushima City. It carries our protection activities for rare wildlife of Tsushima including the endangered Tsushima wild cat that only lives in Tsushima. In addition, the center has exhibits on the unique ecosystems and natural environments formed in Tsushima, and the ecology of the Tsushima wild cat.

This is a fantastic conservation centre, admittedly a long way away from anything, but a great trip out here is rewarded by friendly staff and a wide range of displays. We arrived just as they were...
Sayama City Chikozan Park Children's Zoo

4.0

19 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saitama Pref. Sayamashi Kashiwabara 864-1

This zoo is located inside Chikozan Park in Kashiwabara, Sayama City. The zoo raises some 90 species of animals, including Asian small-clawed otters, Japanese macaques, and African penguins. Visitors can meet guinea pigs, baby chicks, and other animals in the petting zoo area. There are also pony rides and animal feeding sessions to enjoy.

なんと料金200円という激安なのに半日は間違いなく、楽しめる動物園。動物との触れ合いコーナーがあったり、 1時間おきくらいにイベントをやってたりと園の努力も凄いです。動物の数こそ少ないですが、小さいお子さんと立ち寄るならちょうど良い感じです。駐車場も無料です。
Fukuchiyama City Zoo

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kyoto Fukuchiyamashi Izaki 377-1

Fukuchiyama City Zoo is the only zoo in Northern Kinki and Sanin. There is a large pond nearby, and it's known for letting you get close to the animals. Their Japanese macaques are a favorite, and you can see them in their natural social groups at the facility's Monkey Island.

とっても小さな動物園、動物たちと触れあいやすく気軽にまた行きたいと思わせる雰囲気が良かった。大きな公園の中にあったので公園で遊んだりでき楽しい思い出が出来た。
Hirakawa Zoological Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Hirakawachou 5669-1

A municipal zoo located in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture which cares for some 1,000 animals of around 140 species, including the park’s popular koalas. The facility is distinguished by its use of Kagoshima’s natural beauty and hot springs, and visitors can enjoy a relaxing hot spring foot bath while watching animals and the African Savanna where giraffes and other African animals stroll about backed by such sights as Sakurajima and Kinko Bay. Many of the park’s exhibits are fenceless and complete recreate the animal’s natural environment, giving visitors the opportunity to learn about the animals’ natural ecologies while having fun. There is also a petting zoo and amusement park, making Hirakawa Zoological Park a popular destination for families with small children.
Noboribetsu Bear Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Noboribetsushi Noboribetsuonsenchou 224

The Hokkaido Brown Bear was traditionally worshipped by the Ainu people as Kim-un Kamuy, the “Spirit who Dwells in the Mountains.” The Noboribetsu Bear Park has succeeded in breeding Hokkaido Brown Bears, and currently has around 100 bears. The Park also features an observation platform with views over Lake Kuttara, and Yuttara Village where visitors can experience Ainu culture. The Donan Bus service from JR Noboribetsu Station takes around 20 minutes to reach the Park. By car, the Park is approximately 10 minutes’ drive from the Noboribetsu Interchange on the Hokkaido Expressway.
Yuki Park Kofu Municipal Zoo

4.0

36 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamanashi Pref. Koufushi Otamachi 10-1

The Kofu Yuki Park Zoo opened in 1919 and celebrated its 100-year history in 2019. It has been a favorite destination ever since its founding. Since 2016, members of the zoo staff have acted as animal guides, and they make presentations about the animals' environments and characteristics twice every Saturday and Sunday, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, making use of the knowledge that animal caretakers acquire in the course of their work.

This Zoo doesnt have the right facilities for the animals. Cages for the animals were too small and they all looked as if they were starving. Wouldnt recommend go no there.
Iwate Safari Park

3.5

18 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Iwate Pref. Ichinosekishi Fujisawachoukinomi Yamaya 121-2

This zoo is located in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. Besides animals including white lions and tigers, you can also interact with herbivores such as giraffes and camels inside the park. In addition, you can feed animals up close while riding in a bus designed with a tiger motif. Various events are held in the park, drawing many people and their families.

ゾウライドは正直あまり良い印象を受けませんでした。象にドリルのようなものを刺して痛みを与えて従わせていたからです。人が乗るたび毎回刺されているかと思うと、あまりに可哀想なのでもう乗りません。
Machida Squirrel Garden

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Machidashi Kanaimachi 733-1

In this small zoo located in the Kanaimachi district of Tokyo’s Machida City, approximately 200 Taiwanese squirrels and chipmunks have free range of the premises. In addition to putting on gloves and enjoying the experience of squirrels eating out of your hand, there is also an area to see familiar animals such as guinea pigs, rabbits, and turtles. The “Fureai Hiroba” event in which guests can hold rabbits and guinea pigs is only held on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The docile guinea pigs are quite popular among small children.