Ueno Zoo

Yes~ I went to the zoo... haha~ Had a very strong urge to go to a zoo after watching a drama special on Asahiyama Zoo. So I specially made time to go to the Ueno Zoo. 15yrs since I last visited a zoo... And... I enjoyed it!!! Haha~ Cant believe it myself too.... hahahahah~... Now... I very gian about Hokkaido... And I got 2 tickets to Japan that I need to use before 31 Mar 2007... Think i will go the Asahiyama Zoo.... Yippee!!!

I reached Ueno Zoo at ard 1.30pm... After I went to book my train tickets and getting used to the sights and sounds in Ueno... Been 2yrs since I last came back.... I thought the animals were a lethargic lot... Most of them were sleeping when I went ard their cages...

Panda RinRin... Sleeping when I passed by her cage...
Gorilla taking a nap... The way she sleeps... so human like... haha~
2 Observations i made from the zoo....
1) Japanese pple are very orderly and very considerate... They lined up to see the animals and no one hogged the place... The minute they have seen enough, they will move off and let the back pple move to the front. No need to fight to get to the front... High quality of life...
2) Japanese kids know the animals very well... They know the long long scientific names of the animals and... the animals pet names! Like the panda is RinRin, one of the monkeys is Kei, etc... They can even differentiate 1 monkey from the next... amazing!