March 2012 a very cold season but u would not like to miss near the beautiful penquin n many more animals around the zoo... More

the penguin parade was cool, but some of the enclosures were too small More

A few years ago I saw the movie "Penguins in the sky" about the transformation of Asahikawa zoo. We were at Furano for a week and that's only about an hour away by bus or train from Furano station. It was freezing the day we visited. I'm not much of a zoo fan - hate seeing animals caged up. I... More

The march of the penguins -- LIVE. But I find that seeing the lion plodding around in snowy winter, extremely sad. More

A Good Zoo that you can watch the polar bear and penguins. However this is not the Safari park, so, all animals will be in their own small cage! To enjoy all over this zoo can consume around 2-3 hours. More

We went to this Zoo in January when there was heaps of snow. It was quite unusual to see a giraffe walking around it's enclosure in the snow. We wondered what it was thinking, but all the animals looked healthy and well cared for, so they must adapt to the weather conditions. The penguins were a delight and watching them... More

Pretty much located in the middle of nowhere on Hokkaido, this gem of a zoo is sure to delight all ages. The story of Asahiyama Zoo was told in the Japanese movie "Penguins Can Fly", so titled because the penguins appear to be flying as zoogoers walk under them in their glass enclosed building. The animals are, of course, the... More

One of the best zoos that I have ever visited and a great educational place for the kids. This zoo boasts many unique enclosures that allow you watch the natural behaviors of the animals. My favourite ones are the underwater tunnel of the penguin aquarium and marine way in the seal aquarium. More

This Zoo has become too popular among Japanese tourists, so you often end up watching just hordes of people, not animals! By 9:30 am there are already queues of a few hundred meters long from the entrance, and even if you manage to get in, it’ difficult to see popular animals like polar bears, because there are long queues inside... More