UENO ZOO

Description

Essentials about Ueno Zoo in brief

Animal fans and families with children will inevitably end up at the Ueno Zoo when visiting Tokyo. Located in the eponymous Ueno Park, the zoo is home to over 2,500 animals of around 500 species on an area of just under 15 hectares. Opened in 1882, Ueno Zoo is Japan’s oldest and also most famous zoo. Ueno Zoo consists of a west and an east section, which are connected by a monorail. Over 3.5 million visitors come to the zoo every year to see the famous pandas and many other extraordinary animals.

The animals in Ueno Zoo

The stars among the animals at Ueno Zoo are undoubtedly the two giant pandas. They make the zoo in Tokyo one of the few in the world where the extraordinary Chinese animals are kept. In addition, Ueno Zoo keeps animals from all parts of the world, such as anteaters, Asiatic lions, Asiatic elephants, three-banded armadillos, polar bears, flamingos, hippos, gorillas, California sea lions, kangaroos, koalas, crocodiles, lemurs, okapis, pelicans, penguins, pygmy hippos, reticulated giraffes, turtles, black rhinos, Sumatran tigers, tapirs and toucans.