Various Christmas events are being held at Fukuoka City Zoo. Say Merry Christmas to the staff dressed as santa and get zoo-themed presents. Enter the lottery for your chance to feed the zoo’s animals at various times each day and find Santa Claus hanging out with a snake on Dec. 23 and 24. Visit the Fukuoka City Botanical Garden too to see the area decorated with fir trees and more for Christmas.
Event schedule
Dec. 23 (Sun.)
11:00 Acorn giving (Tsushima deer)
11:30 Yuzu giving (Japanese monkeys in open bath)
13:30 Meat hunting (clouded leopards)
14:00 Fruit giving (Malayan sun bear)
Dec. 24 (Mon., hol.)
9:30 Christmas gift giving (chimpanzees, up to 10 participants selected by lottery)
10:00 Meat feeding (leopards)
11:30 Yuzu giving (Japanese monkeys in open bath)
13:30 Meat hunting (clouded leopards)
14:00 Fish feeding (Asian small-clawed otter)
14:30 Birthday party for Yumeko the Malayan tapir
• 12/23 (Sun.) ~ 12/24 (Mon., hol.)
• 9:00~17:00
• Adult: ¥600, HS: ¥300, MS and under: free
• Fukuoka City Zoological Garden
• 1-1 Minamikoen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka
• 092-531-1968
• http://zoo.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/news/detail/915