２月の冬期開園、５年来の願いがかなってやっとこさ雪盛岡である。 しっかり積もった盛岡、翌日は猛吹雪で新幹線も運休（？）になったりで大変だったそうな。 雪舞う盛岡、窓辺のカエデは何を待つ？ 「我らのアイドル」なので四方八方をギャラリーが取り囲み…
Aqua Planet Jeju which in South Korea has three Asian short clawed otter(ASCO). I visited there and watched their behabior and life.
ある秋の日の智光山にて。
兄弟カワウソ-ササノスケとタスケ 経営母体が違うという大人の事情はあれど、２頭の幸せを祈るばかりです。
Clawless otter twins have born on April 10th,2017. I visited Ise sea paradise which has the babies, May 18th. Their eyes are not open as of then.
There are 2 otters' exhibit at Ueno zoo, one is Eurasian otter and the other is ASCO. You can compare easily Eurasian otter and ASCO.
A young couple of clawless otters are now on exhibit at Sendai Umino-mori Aquarium. There are only 3 facilities hold and exhibit clawless otters in Japan. We can't meet them except at those precious facilities!
１月に行ったのに更新するのを忘れていたよ。 www.aqua-park.jp 前回訪問時（2015年の秋）は「エプソン」がついていたのだけれど、いつのまにか外れていた。 それから、あまり大々的には言われてないけれど（時効（？）ってことでいいでしょう）展示されてい…
Two ASCOs are on exhibit at Izu Shaboten Zoo. This otter exhibit has nice feeding devices!
Mito Sea Paradise , the 2nd oldest aquarium in Japan , is located in Izu Peninsula. In 1982 they started sea otters' exhibit, and succeed breeding them 2 years later . (Both were the very first time in Japan!)
I went to Obihiro Zoo (Hokkaido Pref.) for the first time in two years. Things change.
Now, there are 3 North American River Otters(NAROs) in Japan. At Kushiro Zoo, a pair of NAROs live and are on exhibit.
８月のある日、市川市動植物園にて。
ただひたすらオッチー。
Never imagined that I could go Korean Otter Research Center ( Hwacheon , South Korea ). There're 11 otters on exhibit (as of May 17th ).
This article is described about Seoul Zoo.
I visited South Korea for four days. Needles to say, the purpose is to watch otters!!
About three months ago, I visited to Marine World Umino-Nakamichi (Fukuoka prefecture , Japan) to watch sea otters. The numbers of Sea otter has decreased here in Japan. As of today there're 13 otters in Japan aquariums. What can we do for…
Chiba Zoological Park (Chiba Pref) is now in a transitional stage. In order to break problems, they formulated a basic policy.
A ringed seal pup were born on Feb 21. She and her mom are now on exhibit in Kamogawa Sea World, Japan.
LCCってありがたい存在ですね。仕事終わりに思い立って航空券をポチっと、翌日早朝の成田→福岡便で行ってきました福岡市動植物園。そういえば昨年末にふるさと納税をした関係で年パスを発行していたのであった。 zoo.city.fukuoka.lg.jp Four-month-old otte…
NIFREL, a new facility produced by KAIYUKAN, is not like an aquarium or a zoo but allowing visitors to intuitively experience the beauty and wonder of living creatures. Ofcourse otters are on exhibition.
Here's an another article while stayin' Guam, about UnderWater World (UWW).
I stayed Guam just three days and had a good time. Ofcourse I visited Guam Zoo which is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Cushing. Although there's no otters, it was really awesome.
晴れ渡る空に白い雲。夏みたいな画だ。真冬の南東北ですけどｗ www.marine.fks.ed.jp This is my first time visiting "Aquamarine Fukushima (AMF)". AMF is located in the eastern part of Fukushima pref ( called "Hama-dohri" ). Last year, I describ…
めんだこ〜。 A few weeks ago, I visited Enoshima Aq. There's no otter, but I enjoyed the exhibits. 年末に 新江ノ島水族館 を訪問したのでその時の写真をまとめます。 www.enosui.com アクアマリンいなわしろが水族館おさめになると思いきや、突発的に…
Aprl 25th this year , Aquamarine Inawashiro Kingfisheres Aquarium was reopened. The facility has just started the otters' exhibit ! 4-months-old pups and their mum (named"Tirol") were playin' , I could see the moments.
Here's a new article reporting "Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa" ! The facility was renovated and reopened July 2015.
"Zoorasia" expanded their exhibit areas named "African savannah". (Photos were taken in July 2015)
Here's a new entry about Sagamigawa "Aquarium Sagamihara" (Kanagawa Pref.) !! It isn't so large facility, but there's many elaborate exhibits about Sagami River.
