If you have chance to come to West Tokyo to work, travel or study, you might be wondering whether there is any place to heal yourself from stressful job by cute animals or entertain your kids who is naughty everyday.
In that case, what about going to Hinotonton Zoo (located in Hamura city in Tokyo) which is cozy and comfortable environment to attract visitors?
In this article I’d like to introduce Hinotonton Zoo such as how to access, what are attractions, etc.
Let me introduce about myself.
I am Hiro from Tokyo, born and raised in Tachikawa city, west part of Tokyo.
I went to Hamura zoo a number of times since I was a little child and I’d like to introduce attractions of this zoo.
What is Hinotonton Zoo?
The zoo was founded in 1978 the first town owned zoo in Japan. (Hamura city used to be town at that time)
It is relatively smaller than other zoo such as Tama Zoo or Ueno Zoo in Japan, but Hinotonton Zoo is aiming to welfare and happiness of animals (such as making enough space cage for peacocks which are one of the symbol of this zoo) and it is cozy and comfortable environment.
How to Access
The nearest station to Hinotonton zoo is Hamura station in JR Ome line.
(From Shinjuku station, it takes around 1 hour by JR Chuo line & Ome line transferring at Tachikawa station to get to Hamura station.)
From Hamura station it takes around 20 minutes to get to the zoo on foot.
Parking area for Hinotonton zoo is also available if you use car to go there.
Entrance fee and Opening hours
I’d like to show Entrance fee & Opening hours
Entrance fee
Adult (over 75 years old) free * identification required
Adult (over 65 to 75 years old) 150 yen *identification required
Adult (over 15 years old) 400 yen
Child (elementary & Junior high school) 100 yen
Child (4 to 5 years old) 50 yen *before entering school.
Child (0 to 4 years old) Free
Opening hours
9:00 to 16:00 (or 16:30 depending on seasons)
Exhibit areas
There are a lot of Exhibit areas inside the Zoo and I’d like to introduce them.
Entrance area
Near the entrance area, there are monkeys and carnivores such as serval, hyena, squirrel monkey, prairie dog, armadillo, gibbon, etc.
Savannah Garden
This is an area for large animals which usually live in savannah.
Giraffe is most popular.
My two years old daughter loves Giraffes there too.
You can see giraffe, zebra, oryx, pelican, crane, etc.
Nakayashi (friendly) zoo area
You can interact with many animals in this area.
Usually there are some events held here.
You can see donkey, sheep, goat, capybara, emu, etc.
Penguin area
It’s a popular area with penguins. They often bask in the sun during the day.
you can see penguin and beaver.
Monkey mountain
There is a monkey mountain where monkeys and boars are living.
Bird area
An area where you can see birds from all over the world.
The black owl is the bird of Hamura city.
You can see owl, chicken, flamingo, peacock, etc.
You can see peacock’s big & beautiful wing!
Events
You can enjoy touch and feed some animals in some events.
You can feed and touch Guinea pigs.
You can feed and touch goats and sheep too.
You can feed Japanese monkey.
Most of the events were suspended due to COVID-19, but some of the events could be available now.
Conclusion
I introduced Hinotonton Zoo this time. It is rather small zoo in Tokyo, but it is cozy and comfortable environment and hope you enjoy with your family.
Thank you for reading this article till the end.
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