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Tama Zoological Park

Coordinates: 35°39′N 139°24′E / 35.650°N 139.400°E / 35.650; 139.400
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Tama Zoo
The zoo's entrance
Map
35°39′N 139°24′E / 35.650°N 139.400°E / 35.650; 139.400
Date opened1958
LocationHino, Tokyo, Japan
Land area52 ha (130 acres)
MembershipsJAZA

The Tama Zoological Park (多摩動物公園, Tama Dōbutsukōen, Tama Zoo for short) is a zoo, owned by the government of Tokyo Metropolis, and located in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The Tama Zoo was opened on May 5, 1958, originally as a branch (分園, satellite facility) of the Ueno Zoo. The zoo aims to use its large site – 52 ha, compared to the 14.3 ha of the Ueno Zoo – to show its animals moving in a more free and natural environment.

Animals

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Animals in the zoo include:[1]

Insectarium
Asian Zone
Mole House

A man-made mole burrow made of glass-covered earth and metal tunnels, housing Japanese moles and small Japanese moles.

African Zone
Australian Zone

Anura

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Anura (Japanese: アヌーラ) is a male Asian elephant who lives at the Tama Zoo. In 2022, he turned 69, tying with Hanako as the oldest elephant living in Japan. Anura was born in 1953 in the Dominion of Ceylon and imported to Japan in 1956. He originally lived at Ueno Zoo and was moved to Tama Zoo in 1958. Anura was named after Anura Bandaranaike, the son of Ceylon's then-prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.[2]

Access

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Tama-Dōbutsukōen Station on the Keiō Dōbutsuen Line and the Tama Toshi Monorail Line is in front of the park's gate.

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Tama Zoological Park is featured heavily in the manga and anime series My Deer Friend Nokotan, where it is referred to as "Hino Zoo".

References

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  1. ^ "Tama Zoological Park - TokyoZooNet".
  2. ^ "国内最高齢ゾウ、よく食べ・寝て・鍛えて はな子に並ぶアヌーラ". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-02-25.
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