Not more sad than the poor cages for clouded leopards and bobcats in"Nighthunters"at Cincinnati Zoo, but the diffrence is-the lions at Kyoto Zoo do have every day fresh air, wind, rain and sun....so I would say, their living conditions are despite the space of their cage, much better than these one of tnhe poor clouded leopards and bobcats in an AAZA and WAZA credited zoo like Cincinnati...
Be sure-not only in the Usa, also in germany.....but our more worse exhibits are mostly brand new and not the old ones..... especially for elephants...