Zoo
Tennōji Zoo
🇯🇵 Japan
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Japan 50 spp. present
Tennōji Zoo (天王寺動物園) is a 11-hectare (27-acre) zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
34.653° N 135.508° E
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Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
50
speciesOpened
1915
Size
Medium
Visit
Getting there
- Phone
- +81 6-6771-8401
- Access
- Partly wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Tennōji Zoo?
Osaka, Japan
Tennōji Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Osaka, Japan. Its coordinates are 34.653° N, 135.508° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Nikko National Park, about 432 km away.
What animals can you see at Tennōji Zoo?
50 species
Citizen-science photos record 50 species at Tennōji Zoo, including Spectacled Owl, Golden Eagle, Humboldt Penguin, Spotted Hyena and Egyptian Rousette. 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 Tennōji Zoo in the wild?
Spectacled Owl: Darién National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Tennōji Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Spectacled Owl (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Darién National Park), Golden Eagle (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hemis National Park) and Spotted Hyena (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Aberdare National Park).
Does Tennōji Zoo charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Tennōji Zoo lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did Tennōji Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1915, 10 ha
Tennōji Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Osaka, Japan, opened in 1915 and covers about 10 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 50 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)