Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park

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Date opened September 1, 1971 Memberships JAZA Opened 1 September 1971 Number of species 170		No. of species 170 Website http://www.asazoo.jp/ Phone +81 82-838-1111

Location Dobutsuen, Asa-cho, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima Address Asacho Oaza Dobutsuen, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture 731-3355, Japan Hours Open today · 9AM–4:30PMSunday9AM–4:30PMMonday9AM–4:30PMTuesday9AM–4:30PMWednesday9AM–4:30PMThursdayClosedFriday9AM–4:30PMSaturday9AM–4:30PM Similar Fukuyama City Zoo, Hiroshima City Transport, Miyajima Public Aquarium, Shukkei‑en, Hiroshima Prefectural Art Muse Profiles Twitter

The asian black bear in hiroshima city asa zoological park

Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park (広島市安佐動物公園, Hiroshima-shi Asa Dōbutsukōen) is a zoo in Hiroshima, Japan.

Three tragic elephants in asa zoo hiroshima japan

Overview

Asa Zoological Park opened in 1971 in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima as the 62nd zoo in Japan. The gross area of the zoo is 49.6 ha. There are about 170 varieties of animals including giraffes, lions, black rhinoceroses, lesser pandas, woylies, Japanese giant salamanders and macaws.

They recruit citizen volunteers to explain the animals in detail and with humor to visitors.

Hours

From 1 January to 29 December

From 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Holidays

Every Thursday

History

Opened as the 62nd zoo in Japan on September 1, 1971.

World's first success of the artificial insemination of frozen sperm from a dead Chimpanzee in 1998.

Opened the animal contact areas for kids in 2001.

Night Safari started in the summer of 2003 and has run every summer since.

References

Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park Wikipedia

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