Zoo & Botanical Garden

Kochi Prefectural Noichi Zoological Park (Konan City) ranked first in the zoo and aquarium rankings in 2020, following the 2019 zoo rankings, and ranked first for two consecutive years.
This is an original compilation of the world's largest travel word-of-mouth site "TripAdvisor" based on the number of reviews posted from June 2019 to May 2020 and their evaluations.
In the reviews, sympathy was received, such as "It shows the animals living in a lot of nature with a very good feeling" and "The animals are also bred in a large place and look happy".
I once guided an African guest to Noichi Zoological Park. He found an animal that had immigrated from his country and muttered, "I'm glad he was happy."

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From May 6th to May 19th, 2021, the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums said, "One of the aquariums that you are interested in, such as a memorable aquarium that you have visited in Japan and an aquarium that you definitely want to visit. Please vote for. " Of the 8773 votes, the one that was chosen first was the Katsurahama Aquarium in Kochi, the smallest in Japan. Japan has some of the largest aquariums in the world. There are no orca or whale sharks at Katsurahama Aquarium. Of course, there are no animal shows in the big pool. What is amazing is the overwhelming voter turnout of 36.5%.The Katsurahama Aquarium is overwhelmingly ahead of the 2nd place Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium 5.8%, the 3rd place Toba Aquarium 4.4%, the 4th place Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 4.3%, and the 5th place Kamogawa Sea World 4.1%.Why, why, why ...I don't know why. Katsurahama Aquarium celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2021. Now, in a small pool, They are conducting the first program in Japan to interact with sea lions underwater.

 

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The Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in Kochi City is one of Japan's leading comprehensive botanical gardens that clearly exhibits the achievements of Dr. Tomitaro Makino, the father of Japanese botany and a world-famous botanist.
In the park, you can enjoy 3000 kinds of seasonal plants throughout the year, including the cherry blossoms that Dr. Makino loved.
The memorial hall, which is in perfect harmony with nature, was designed by architect Hiroshi Naito, and was created in collaboration with the latest computer analysis technology and Tosa's traditional technology. It has received a national reputation as an "excellent environmentally friendly building that takes the landscape into consideration."
As a place for excursions for children, a place for seniors to relax, and a place for young couples to take pre-marriage shots, Makino Botanical Garden is creating new green spaces every day.

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Located in Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park, Ashizuri Marine Museum SATOUMI is an aquarium that was reopened in July 2020 with the theme of "Aquarium where the exhibition of the aquarium and the activity in front of you are linked".Based on the concept that the Tatsukushi area is a large nature museum, from the perspective of the virgin forest of Tatsukushi, Tatsukushi Bay, the sea of Tatsukushi and the open sea, about 350 species and 15,000 creatures are exhibited, mainly the creatures of Tatsukushi Bay.Even after the opening, we continued to collect creatures and review the contents of the exhibition, and the number of local creatures such as bigeye scad increased by about 30.In this way, we are pursuing "an aquarium with new discoveries every time we come", and the number of annual passport purchasers has exceeded 10,000.As it is an aquarium in the wilderness that is a bit different from the aquarium in the city, it is a popular tourist spot for families to visit all the way from the Kinki region and the Chugoku region during consecutive holidays.

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