Nogeyama Zoo

野毛山動物園Kanagawa

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At a Glance

Nogeyama Zoo is a municipal zoo in Nogeyama Park in Nishi Ward, Yokohama, which opened in April 1951. It covers 9.6 hectares and houses more than 100 species, among them red pandas, chimpanzees, giraffes and penguins. The red panda is one of the first animals visitors meet on entering and one of the most popular. The zoo belongs to the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

A heated reptile house keeps crocodilians and land tortoises, and the former polar bear house now holds a life-size bear model so visitors can see inside an enclosure. The zoo achieved several Japanese breeding firsts, including leopards in 1952, giant anteaters in 1985 and some tortoises, and in 1972 was the second zoo in the world to breed Andean condors. The suspension-style footbridge in the grounds was designed by Yanagi Sori.