Zoo
Izu Shaboten Zoo
🇯🇵 Japan
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Japan 36 spp. present
Izu Shaboten Zoo (Japanese: 伊豆シャボテン動物公園, Hepburn: Izu Shaboten Dōbutsukōen) is a zoological park and botanical garden in Itō, Shizuoka, Japan. Founded in 1959, the zoo is currently notable for its exhibited capybaras and succulent greenhouses and is open year-round. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
34.907° N 139.101° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
36
speciesOpened
1959
Size
Medium
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 9:30–17:00
Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Izu Shaboten Zoo?
Japan
Izu Shaboten Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Japan. Its coordinates are 34.907° N, 139.101° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Nikko National Park, about 218 km away.
What animals can you see at Izu Shaboten Zoo?
36 species
Citizen-science photos record 36 species at Izu Shaboten Zoo, including Capybara, Common Peafowl, Demoiselle Crane, Grey Crowned Crane and African Sacred Ibis. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Izu Shaboten Zoo in the wild?
Capybara: El Palmar National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Izu Shaboten Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Capybara (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in El Palmar National Park), Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park) and Demoiselle Crane (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park).
When is Izu Shaboten Zoo open?
Every day · 9:30–17:00
According to its open map listing, Izu Shaboten Zoo is open Every day · 9:30–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Izu Shaboten Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1959, 9.8 ha
Izu Shaboten Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Japan, opened in 1959 and covers about 9.8 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 36 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website