japan

I recently went hiking in Hakuba Shiro-Uma Ooike, and while walking, I saw a very unusual bird. It resembled a Blue-and-White Flycatcher but was about the size of a starling. It seemed to be used to humans, and when it looked at me, I saw two thin white lines between the eye and the beak on both...

Hello Zoochat, This summer I will be doing a fair bit of travelling over several continents, so figured I'd start a thread for reviews of the various zoos I'll have the chance to poke my head into. For a general roadmap of the potential progress of this thread without listing out every zoo in...

As some of you will see from the photos (and maybe on zoochat discord), I was in Hokkaido a few weeks ago, and managed to visit 4 zoological facilities. As promised, here is the review thread that everyone is waiting. The zoos I've visited are: Otaru aquarium, Asahiyama Zoo, Maruyama Zoo and...

Hello, I was hoping if any of you could list the antelope species Japan currently has. As far as I know, there are Eland, Sitatunga, Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest, Blackbuck, Scimitar Oryx, and Roan Antelope. Are there any more species and if so, where do they reside at the moment? I would...

Hello ZooChat! My name is Dr. Wolverine. I live in Tokyo, Japan. I have been looking forward to joining this community, and I have finally joined! I have traveled to many zoos and aquariums all over Japan. If any of you have any questions regarding Japanese Zoos and Aquariums, I will try my...

I started this thread in the hope of sharing with zoo chatters about the status of animals in zoos in Japan. Please feel free to ask questions about the status of animals kept in Japanese zoos. In anticipation of what kind of questions I might receive, I will compile in advance the population of...

Okazaki-City Higashi Koen Park and Mini-Zoo is a facility located in Okazaki, Japan. Species at the zoo include slender-tailed meerkat, Asian elephant, Japanese macaque, black-tailed prairie dog, llama, and domestics, among others. On August 10th, it was reported that the zoo's only dromedary...

While I haven't actually visited the Museum in question, I might get around to it over the summer. I found a very useful tool on their website by chance allowing people to navigate the exact species on show currently. I have only noted down the mammal and bird species below here, but if anyone...

There are lots of wildlife parks in Europe, and interesting zoos in Asia, Africa and South America, which are completely not mentioned on this forum. Some have interesting species or exhibits. So a challenge: did anybody visit a zoo which no other zoochatter visited? Can you describe what...

I just found out about tokiwa zoo and I'm absolutely loving the zoo.But I can't seem to find any pictures of the exhibits on the internet.So I was hoping that someone might have some pictures or knows a site with them.

Whats everyone's opinion on zoorasia collection size.Its pretty small for being a 130acre size zoo.And it's probably the biggest complain of the zoo from japanese people.

I've never been to this zoo but it's one of the most famous zoo in japan.But from what I've seen their enclosures are not natural at all and look like their made for customer experience.But then again some people say the exhibits give the animals their natural activities such as the orangutans...

After browsing around the japan category I noticed alot of people say zooraisa is japans best and maybe top ten in asia.And since I go there every month.I would like to know how everyone would improve zoorasia.

I want to know what's everyone's opinion on the polar bear enclosures in sapporo maruyama zoo.Altough I never been there.From what I've seen they probably have the best and worst polar bear exhibits in Asia at the same time.

I think japanese zoos are outdated and just bad.But there a handful of zoos that are good.I would like to know everyone's opinion on japanese zoos.(if I mess up the forum sorry bcz I'm new to zoochat.)

The islet on the center houses Sapajus sp. capuchins.

Fun fact, Nagasaki Bio Park was built by a professor of agriculture/explorer who tried to domesticate capybaras.

I just found out that this facility will be permanently shutting down after March 31st. Reasons for closure include financial difficulties and a deteriorating building (which would add up to the financial difficulty if there was an attempt at fixing it). This aquarium has been up for 51 years...

This is something I want to do in a while. And with the coronavirus here, I get a month without school so I can finally type out something to contribute here. Anyway, I have visit 33 zoos/aquariums throughout my life (I'm still only 16) and all of them are in Asia. This thread aims to rank them...

It’s based on a article that when the Anime Kemono Friends Aired, the increases of donations and attendance in Japanese zoos can make an impact for wildlife conservation...