Ueno Zoo
| Ueno Zoo | |
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| Full name | 恩賜 上 野 動物園 Ueno Zoo |
| particularities | Ueno Zoo monorail |
| place | 9-83, Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Japan
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| surface | 14.3 hectares |
| opening | 1882 |
| Animal species | 464 |
| Individuals | > 2600 |
| organization | |
| Sponsorship | Tokyo City Council |
| Funding organizations | Tokyo Dobutsuen Kyokai |
 Ueno Zoo (entrance) |
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| www.tokyo-zoo.net | |
The Ueno Zoo ( Japanese 恩賜 上 野 動物園 , Onshi ueno dōbutsuen ) is a zoo in Ueno Park ( Tokyo Taitō District , Ueno District ), Japan.
It was founded in 1882, making it the oldest zoo in Japan . He is best known for his two giant pandas . The zoo is divided into two parts by a road in a notch, which is connected by a bridge and the Ueno-Zoo monorail . Over 2600 animals represent 464 animal species.
literature
- Itoh, Mayumi (2010). Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy: The Silent Victims of World War II . Palgrave-MacMillan. ISBN 978-0230108943 .
Web links
Commons : Ueno Zoo - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Official website (English, Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f --- TokyoZooNet - Zoos in Tokyo --- .
- ^ Tokyo Metropolitan Government http://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/about/main.html
- ↑ --- TokyoZooNet - Zoos in Tokyo --- .
Coordinates: 35 ° 43 '2.6 " N , 139 ° 46' 16.8" E