Japan in January

RatioTile

RatioTile

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I'm considering doing a zoo tour of the zoos and aquariums of Kansai, Japan, and surrounding prefectures. However, the latest I can do so would be in January 2020. I'm not sure how cold it gets in Japan in winter, nor how much it would snow. The aquariums shouldn't be any problem, but I'm concerned for zoos like the Asa Zoo in Hiroshima and the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama tropical animals like the African forest elephant and monkeys and gibbons may not be on display. Has anyone gone to Japanese zoos (outdoors) in winter? Are the animals outside?
 
I’ve been to Hiroshima in December but didn’t make it to the zoo. I can’t comment on what will be on display but weather-wise coastal Kansai and Western Honshu don’t get much snow in general but it isn’t impossible. But compared with Tohoku and Hokkaido the climate is much more moderate. If you’re lucky it will be sunny and dry if a bit chilly.
 
Thanks - I've visited in January & October, both have been fine. A lot of indoor spaces at Japan's Monkey Centre are open to the public - so most animals should be visible. :)
 
I found that most animals were given outdoor access even on very cold days, including elephants. You might be unlucky with outdoor tropical monkeys though, since I found that both proboscis monkeys and douc langurs were offshow at Zoorasia.
 
Hi

JMC is open only on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays in January (with the exception of the 9th and 10th being open), but most of the animals there are outside even during the winter time. Enjoy your trip!
 
I went to Japan four times, but only once in the winter(February). I visit Kyoto Zoo, Kyoto Aquarium, Tennoji zoo, kobe animal kingdom and kaiyukan that time (you can check out my photo in the gallery). Most of the animal are on show even when that is 4 degree or something.
 
RatioTile said:
Is Kyoto Zoo worth visiting? What do they have that other zoos might not?
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I go to Kyoto for other reason actually. The zoo isn't really that impressive and can be tour within an hour or two.
aardvark250 said:
Kyoto City zoo : Species list


Mammals:

Tushima leopard cat

Amur tiger

Lion

Jaguar

Japanese red fox

Raccoon dog

Japanese badger

Japanese squirrel

Japanese flying squirrel

Long tailed goral

Sika

Japanese black bear

Gorilla

Tufted capuchin

Rhesus macaque

Senegal bushbaby

Pygmy slow loris

Asian elephant

Brazilian tapir

Cape hyrax

Mandrill Lar gibbon

Chimpanzee

Bush dog

Red panda

Fennec fox

Hippo

Zebra

Meerkat

Giraffe

Indian flying fox



Birds:

White-cheeked pintail
Common teal
Mallard
Common goldeneye
European pochard
Baikal teal
Spot-billed duck
Mandarin duck
Tufted duck

White bellied green pigeon

Japanese white-eye

White’s thrush

Brown-ear bulbul

Japanese quail

Black-necked stilt

Gray-headed lapwing

Ural owl

Peregrine falcon

Green pheasant

Northern goshawk

Rubby kingfisher(That’s the sign)

Buffon’s macaw

Plain chachalaca

White cheeked turaco

Scarlet macaw

Snowy owl

Red crowned crane

Emu

Peafowl

Humbolt penguin

Northern bald ibis

white ibis

Guineafowl

Greater flamingo
Lesser flamingo
Chilean flamingo
Caribbean flamingo

Black headed gull


Reptiles(I miss a lot of them due to a lack of time):

Japanese striped snake

Mamushi

West African dwarf crocodile

New Guinea snake-necked turtle
Painted turtle
Black-knobbed map turtle

Madagascar day gecko

Indian star tortoise
Green iguana

Ball python


Amphibians:

Japanese giant salamander

Japanese newt

Argentine horned frog

Green and black poison dart frog
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The species list in February 2018.
 
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