Zoo
Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo
🇯🇵 Japan
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Japan 5 spp. present
31.464° N 130.501° E
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Entrance
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Tourism
Medium
Species present
5
speciesOpened
1972
Size
Large
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🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo?
Japan
Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Japan. Its coordinates are 31.464° N, 130.501° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Nikko National Park, about 1,018 km away.
What animals can you see at Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo?
5 species
Citizen-science photos record 5 species at Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo, including Humboldt Penguin, Whale Shark, Northern Giraffe, Common Ostrich and Koala. 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 Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo in the wild?
Whale Shark: Ningaloo Marine Park
Some of the animals photographed at Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Whale Shark (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ningaloo Marine Park), Northern Giraffe (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Murchison Falls National Park) and Common Ostrich (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in De Hoop Nature Reserve).
When did Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1972, 18 ha
Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Japan, opened in 1972 and covers about 18 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 5 species are photographed there.
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