Address:
Kuranuma Higashi-Asahikawa-cho Asahikawa-city, HokkaidoPhone:
0166-36-11040166-36-1406 (FAX)
Access:
From Asahikawa Airport:
From Chitose Airport:
From JR Asahikawa Station:
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 childrenWebsite:
Asahiyama ZooAbout 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.


