Tennōji Zoo

Tennoji Zoo
天王寺動物園

Savannah Zone
Date opened	January 1, 1915
Location	Tennoji Park, 1-108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan
Coordinates	34°39′09″N 135°30′31″E
No. of species	230 (as of 2008)
Public transit access	Osaka Metro: at Dōbutsuen-mae at Ebisuchō
Website	www.tennojizoo.jp (in Japanese)

History

Tennōji Zoo (天王寺動物園) is located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915.

Attractions and Animals

The zoo features adjacent savannah zones for herbivorous and carnivorous animals, which are arranged so that the animals appear to be sharing the same space.

African Savannah

Animals:

• African lion
• Common dwarf mongoose
• Common eland
• Eastern black rhinoceros
• Egyptian goose
• Grant's zebra
• Hippopotamus
• Lesser flamingo
• Marabou Stork
• Ostrich
• Reticulated giraffe
• Rock hyrax
• Spotted hyena

Nocturnal House

Animals:

• Egyptian fruit bat
• Masked palm civet
• North Island brown kiwi
• Raccoon
• Senegal bushbaby
• Lesser slow loris
• Sugar glider

Reptile House

Animals:

• Aldabra giant tortoise
• Alligator snapping turtle
• American alligator
• Burmese python
• Chinese alligator
• Japanese giant salamander
• Asian water monitor

Flight Aviary

Animals:

• Grey crowned crane
• Japanese pheasant
• Mandarin duck
• Spot-billed duck
• White stork
• Wild duck

Friendship Garden

Animals:

• Goat
• Guinea pig
• Long eared goat
• Noma horse
• Sheep

New petting zoo opened in April 27th, 2022.

Sea lion and penguin exhibit

Animals:

• California sea lion
• Humboldt penguin

New Sea lion and penguin exhibit is expected to open in spring, 2023.

Asian tropical rain forest

Asian elephants were exhibited.

Other notable species

• American flamingo
• Amur tiger
• Black-and-white ruffed lemur
• Chilean flamingo
• Chimpanzee
• Cougar
• Demoiselle crane
• Drill
• Emu
• François' langur
• Himalayan wolf
• Hooded crane
• Jaguar
• Japanese badger
• Japanese golden eagle
• Japanese white stork
• Laughing kookaburra
• Lesser yellow-headed vulture
• Lion-tailed macaque
• Mandrill
• Mouflon
• Polar bear
• Red-crowned crane
• Red-necked wallaby
• Red panda
• Siamang
• Sika deer
• Snowy owl
• Spectacled bear
• Sun bear
• Tanuki

Access

• Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line: Dobutsuen-mae Station
• Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line: Ebisucho Station
• JR West, Osaka Municipal Subway: Tennoji Station
• JR West, Nankai Railway: Shin-Imamiya Station
• Hankai Tramway Hankai Line: Minami-Kasumicho Station
• Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line: Osaka Abenobashi Station
• Osaka City Bus: Dobutsuen-mae, Tennoji-koen-mae (Shinsekai Gate), Abenobashi (Tennoji Gate)

External links

• Media related to Tennoji Zoo at Wikimedia Commons
• Osaka Municipal Recreation and Tourism Bureau(in English)
• Official site(in Japanese)