Asahiyama Zoo

Address: Kuranuma Higashi-Asahikawa-cho Asahikawa-city, Hokkaido

Phone: 0166-36-1104
0166-36-1406 (FAX)

Access: From Asahikawa Airport:

It takes about 35 minutes by bus to the zoo and costs 500 yen.

It takes about 30 minutes by taxi to the zoo and costs about 3,500yen.

From Chitose Airport:

It takes about 40 minutes to Sapporo Station by JR train. It takes 80 minutes from there to Asahikawa Station by rapid express train.

It takes about 2 hours from Sapporo Station terminal to Asahikawa terminal by highway bus.

From JR Asahikawa Station:

It takes about 40 minutes by bus and costs 400 yen.

It takes about 25 minutes by taxi and costs about 3,000 yen.

Zoo Calendar: Winter Season: Nov. 3, 2007 - April 7, 2008
*Closed: April 8-25, 2008
Summer Season: April 26 - Oct. 19, 2008
*Closed: Oct. 20-31, 2008 and Dec. 30, 2008 - Jan. 1, 2009
Winter Season: Nov. 1, 2008 - April 7, 2009

Hours: Summer Season: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (*last admission 4:15 p.m.)
*Summer Special Nights on August 13 - August 17, 2008: 9:30 a.m - 9:00p.m. (*last admission 8:00p.m.)
Winter Season: 10:30a.m. - 3:30 p.m.(*last admission 3:00p.m.)

Admission: 580 yen for adults / free for children

About Asahiyama Zoo: Asahiyama Zoo is one of the most popular zoos in Japan. They have more than 2 million visitors per year. Asahiyama Zoo is known for its unique facilities and exhibitions which allow visitors to observe interesting characteristics of each species. They consider the best ways to show the animals when they build facilities. For example, there is a cylinder tank set in the seals' facility so that visitors can watch seals swim vertically through the tank up close. Also, visitors walk through a long transparent tunnel in the penguins' pool, watching the penguins swim from all directions. In winter, penguins' parades are held for their exercises, and visitors enjoy watching them.