Planned animal-swap :
Japanese zoo confirms swap, tries to allay fears, National, Phnom Penh Post
Japanese zoo confirms swap, tries to allay fears, National, Phnom Penh Post
Hirakawa Zoo
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I was considering going north from Tokyo on my trip to Japan next year, but this encourages me to go south instead
Dr. Wolverine
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Hello my friends,
I plan to visit Hirakawa zoo on saturday this week, may I know how to get to the zoo from Kagoshima station ? Is the Kagoshima Kotsu bus line nr.2 in operation ? Where can I find the timetable for this line ? I'd like to be in front of gate at the opening time. Is it possible to see the whole zoo within 3-4 hours ? Target species - Amami rabbit
. I would like to include also Kagoshima Aquarium within the day, hope it is possible
Thanks for any advise,
Jakub
I plan to visit Hirakawa zoo on saturday this week, may I know how to get to the zoo from Kagoshima station ? Is the Kagoshima Kotsu bus line nr.2 in operation ? Where can I find the timetable for this line ? I'd like to be in front of gate at the opening time. Is it possible to see the whole zoo within 3-4 hours ? Target species - Amami rabbit
. I would like to include also Kagoshima Aquarium within the day, hope it is possibleThanks for any advise,
Jakub
Hi!
You're going from Kagoshima Station?
It's around an hour by bus. If you get the 7:37 bus form there, you'll be able to reach by opening time. But it's agoing to be a really crowded day, so the 6:47 bus might be a safer option, just in case. Here's the timetable:
時刻表｜九州のバス時刻表
The zoo should be enough with 3-4 hours, if you're not the kind of person spending a long time waiting for certain animals to come out or taking photos.
As for the aquarium, it's 1 hour plus on the bus. The whole trip from zoo to aquarium will be around 1.5-2 hours. Here's the timetable fro the zoo to aquarium (refer to right column):
時刻表｜九州のバス時刻表
I highly do not recommend going to these 2 places in a day, unless you're the kind of zoochatter who just wants to record down species, or this is your only option.
Good luck!
*Note that the above information is from Kagoshima Station, not Kagoshima Chuo Station.
You're going from Kagoshima Station?
It's around an hour by bus. If you get the 7:37 bus form there, you'll be able to reach by opening time. But it's agoing to be a really crowded day, so the 6:47 bus might be a safer option, just in case. Here's the timetable:
時刻表｜九州のバス時刻表
The zoo should be enough with 3-4 hours, if you're not the kind of person spending a long time waiting for certain animals to come out or taking photos.
As for the aquarium, it's 1 hour plus on the bus. The whole trip from zoo to aquarium will be around 1.5-2 hours. Here's the timetable fro the zoo to aquarium (refer to right column):
時刻表｜九州のバス時刻表
I highly do not recommend going to these 2 places in a day, unless you're the kind of zoochatter who just wants to record down species, or this is your only option.
Good luck!
*Note that the above information is from Kagoshima Station, not Kagoshima Chuo Station.
OK!
I think most places in Japan is going to be crowded for the next few days.
Good luck, and have a safe trip!
I'm so glad to hear that you successfully managed to photograph the Amami rabbit in good lighting!Hi,
I had a nice but a bit rainy day today in Hirakawa Zoo. My first steps went to the Nocturnal House and I managed to find the lights on so was able to take a photo of Amami rabit before the lights turned off in 9.20 a.m.
I hope you'll be able to capture more amazing species during the rest of your trip.
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This news is a bit cryptic and in actuality You have to write to the Phnom Penh Post to even read the darn feature article!!!!
What I can read is that the Hirakawa Zoo intends to import 2 Asiatic elephants from the Teuk Chhou Zoo. What the quid pro quo is .... the 3 lines of the feature do not go into detail on! Anyone can clarify or elaborate more on the Hirakawa-Teuk Chhou Zoo deal and what the animal swap does involve?
BTW: I would welcome open source and free international press for a small fee as I find the drive towards making all public information sources restricted usage ..! For instance as an example .... quite a number of US newspapers have this policy in place and thus international readers cannot read them and even a good number of US citizens cannot.
Is male Shishio from Higashiyama Zoo the only koala at Hirakawa Zoo (or do they already have koalas at the zoo?)?
Is it correct that the koalas' in Japan are by definition mostly the Nordic subspecies (
Phascolarctos cinereus cinereus)?
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Wanderer
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The Hirakawa zoo already has a koala house with many koalas.
All koalas in Japan are northern koalas, except at Awaji Farm Park which holds both northern and southern koalas. The koalas they originally received from Australia were southern koalas, and they later welcomed northern koalas from other Japanese zoos.
Wanderer
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Male polar bear Raito moved to Sapporo Maruyama zoo in late March to pair with their female Rira. The zoo no longer has a polar bear.
ホッキョクグマ「ライト」の来園について
Raito is very valuable from a breeding perspective, being the only surviving offspring from the pair at Adventure World.
ホッキョクグマ「ライト」の来園について
Raito is very valuable from a breeding perspective, being the only surviving offspring from the pair at Adventure World.
0.1 Souther white rhinoceros Shino died on March 18th of this year. Shino was 46 years old.
The blog post announcing her death does come with some interesting information about Shino’s birth place, Miyazaki Safari Park. The park was Japan’s first safari park, opened on 1975. Shino was born in 1978, a successful year in rhinoceros breeding since the Safari park bred five calves including Shino that year. Unfortunately the Safari park was closed in 1986. The site of the Safari park was turned into a golf course.
https://hirakawazoo.jp/staffblog/シロサイのシノ/
The blog post announcing her death does come with some interesting information about Shino’s birth place, Miyazaki Safari Park. The park was Japan’s first safari park, opened on 1975. Shino was born in 1978, a successful year in rhinoceros breeding since the Safari park bred five calves including Shino that year. Unfortunately the Safari park was closed in 1986. The site of the Safari park was turned into a golf course.
https://hirakawazoo.jp/staffblog/シロサイのシノ/
Hirakawa Zoo will no longer keep white rhinos. The state of white rhino breeding in Japan is not great by a long shot. Current animal management is having a hard time keeping a population in Japanese zoos. Pair wise exhibition of white rhino is not exactly hyper productive.
NOTA BENE: Hirakawa Zoo does have also black rhino on the collection.
According to the zoo’s website (which says currently not in captivity in the rhinoceros’s page) and Chlidonias’s visit report, the zoo currently does not keep this species.
Sorry, case of mistaken identity.
Hirakawa Zoo returned the Black Rhinoceros "Sunny" to Kamine Zoo in 2022.
クロサイの搬出について - 平川動物公園公式サイト
After the death of Shino the White Rhinoceros, the zoo no longer holds rhinos.
クロサイの搬出について - 平川動物公園公式サイト
After the death of Shino the White Rhinoceros, the zoo no longer holds rhinos.
Yeah, I had the zoo down for Sunny.
I am mistified these last few years what is going on in JAZA with their former successful black rhino breeding program. Aside: the white rhino despite new imports seem also not doing well ..., I cannot phantom why years of experience in safari operations (Miyazaki or Kyushu f.i.) have not continued into the last decade....????