Ueno Zoo and other Japanese zoos have borrowed giant pandas for research on breeding. The animal is on the brink of extinction, and the two countries have joined forces together for their ...

bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant panda that made her final public appearance Sunday before flying to her home country, China. The panda fans gathered at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo for one ...

This collaboration led to findings that the specimen was likely one of two Japanese wolves brought to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo in the late 19th century. Old records indicated these wolves were held at ...

To clear things up, Harajuku is a neighborhood in Japan (part of the greater Shibuya ... the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and the Ueno Zoo, to name a few. If you're traveling with a family ...

National Holidays in Japan: Event Calendar and When to Expect Crowds 5 of ... transfer to Ueno → Check in at the hotel in Ueno → Sightseeing in Ueno (Ueno Park, Ueno Zoo, Ameya-Yokochō, etc.) Day 2: ...

Plum blossoms, known as ume (梅) in Japanese, mark the arrival of early spring ... Admission is free, and the shrine is accessible by foot from Ueno Park, which houses museums and a zoo. Hanegi Park in ...

Also in the park is Ueno Zoo, the oldest zoo in Japan, whose star attraction are its two pandas, Lili and Shinshin. Nearby you can take a paddleboat out onto Shinobazuno Pond. Among several temples in ...

French and Japanese gardens. Being so vast, you can stroll through the numerous meandering paths to find the perfect spot to set up a picnic or barbeque under a blanket of sakura. A bit less rowdy and ...

A zoo in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, has banned solo male visitors following incidents of harassment towards female staff and guests. The director implemented the rule to maintain a safe space for ...

A Japanese zoo is fighting back after authorities in Hokkaido prefecture issued a closure order for the facility exhibiting ...

According to the city, it will be the first order of this kind for a zoo in Japan and a de facto closure order for the zoo. The zoo is located in a mountainous area about 20km south-west of ...