Ueno Zoo - Japan’s oldest and most famous zoo is located in Ueno, the zoo is inside of Ueno Park and is a mere five minute walk from Ueno Station. The zoo has some 422 species, which include a wide variety of animals such as;
- Sumatran tiger
- Western lowland gorilla
- Japanese macaque
- Red-crowned crane
- White-tailed eagle
- Giant panda
- Asian elephant
- Reticulated giraffe
Ueno zoo has the most diverse amount of species available for viewing in all of Japan.Tickets are around 600Yen
Background history of Ueno Zoo
During World War 2 when much of Japan and Tokyo was being bombed it was decided by the Japanese Army to kill all the animals in the zoo because of fear if a bomb hit the zoo the animals may have been freed and could cause chaos in the streets of Tokyo. All the animals were poisoned except the Elephants which chose not to eat and thus starved to death.
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