Yume the baby polar bear plays with ice at Asahiyama Zoo in the city of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Aug. 5, 2022. (Mainichi/Nobuaki Tsuchiya)=Click/tap photo for more images. ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido ...

Asahiyama Zoo is home to over 700 animals ... Consider exploring farm stays in Hokkaido, which offers overnight stays at vegetable, fruit, dairy and sheep farms. Activities include milking cows, ...

A flock of king penguins take a stroll on the fresh snow at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Dec. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido -- Asahiyama Zoo's traditional ...

HOKKAIDO, Japan (Bernama-Kyodo): Penguins at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, waddled through the snow on Dec 11 during a 'rehearsal' ahead of their daily winter strolls, which run ...

The fatal attack occurred in the spider monkey-capybara exhibit at the Asahiyama Zoo on the island of Hokkaido. "There are no problems with them living together," a zoo official told Mainichi Shimbun.

Born in 1999 in Hokkaido’s Asahiyama Zoo, Oto had lived in the Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park in Aichi prefecture since 2001. “Beloved by lion enthusiasts across the country, Oto brought joy ...

After all, shouldn’t the symbol of Hokkaido be protected? Showa Shinzan Bear Ranch is a zoo in the Usu district of Hokkaido. This zoo is one of the four different bear zoos that can be found on ...