A bronze elephant statue in a vending machine! New Year's decorations on the rocks!

Tennoji Zoo I went to Tennoji Zoo in January. Tennoji Zoo opened in 1915 and is the third oldest zoo in Japan. It is a zoo with an area of ​​about 11 hectares, and is home to about 1,000 animals of about 200 species. It takes at least an hour to see them all. It is a huge zoo that takes about 4 to 5 hours when it is crowded or if you want to take a good look at the animals. There is more to enjoy here than just looking around at the animals. It is a hidden exhibit. If you look up, you will see bronze statues of elephants and bears. New Year's decorations on rocks. Origami on a stump. If you look closely, you will see that the notices are mixed with Kansai dialect. The toilet sign is a cat. The food truck is a polar bear. And so on. Even the smallest details are carefully designed, and it is fun to discover decorations. By the way, you really need to be careful of the overhead sign at the Bird Paradise Building. The parent and child next to me were having a great deal of luck right at the start of the New Year. ■Address 1-108 Chausuyama-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture ■Access Shinsekai Gate Subway "Dobutsuen-mae Station" Exit 1, about 5 minutes on foot Subway "Ebisucho Station" Exit 3, about 5 minutes on foot Nankai/JR "Shin-Imamiya Station" Tsutenkaku Exit (East Exit), about 10 minutes on foot Tenshiba Gate Subway "Tennoji Station" Exit 5, 5 to 10 minutes on foot JR "Tennoji Station" Central Exit, 5 to 10 minutes on foot Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line "Osaka Abenobashi Station" Exit 7 10 minutes walk ■Opening hours 9:30-17:00 Closed on Mondays and New Year holidays ■Admission fee Adults: 500 yen Elementary and junior high school students: 200 yen Preschoolers: Free #tripmemory2022 #OsakaCity #Osaka #OsakaPrefecture #Tennoji #Shinsekai #Tsutenkaku #TennojiZoo #Zoo #OsakaTourism #Tourism #OsakaTrip