Kobe Oji Zoo Explained
, or simply Kobe Zoo or, is a municipal zoo in Kobe, Japan.
Attractions
- Giant pandas since 2000.[2]
- : An indoor educational center featuring skeletal specimens and a reading room.
- : tigers, lions, leopards, snow leopards, and jaguars.
- : Aboveground and underwater viewing areas
- : red pandas, otters, koalas and some farmyard animals.
- A small : Rides and games for children, includes a Ferris wheel and chair swing ride.
- The : The former residence of the founder of Osaka Iron Works, Edward Hazlett Hunter. An elaborate example of a 19th-century, it is at the northeast corner the zoo (hence not accessible outside zoo hours). The interior – with roped-off period furniture – is only open a few months each year.[2] It was designated an Important Cultural Property by both the prefecture and the nation.[3]
Animals in other sections include giraffes, zebras, kangaroos, ostriches, flamingos, hippos, some species of apes, crocodiles, bobcats, sea lions, snow owls, and elephants.[2]
Surrounding
Technically the zoo is within, but the zoo is enclosed and has admission fees. Surrounding the zoo are the various parts of a sports complex. To the zoo's northwest is the . To the northeast are some tennis courts; to the east is Ōji Stadium; to the southwest is the Museum of Literature.
Notes and References
- Web site: 加盟園館検索. 日本動物園水族館協会. ja.
- Web site: Zoo pamphlet .
- Web site: 旧ハンター住宅 . 王子動物園 . ja . 昭和39年3月9日 県指定重要文化財。 昭和41年6月11日 国指定重要文化財.
