Thursday, February 3, 2011

Ueno Park and Zoo

We went to see Ueno park which has Tokyos oldest zoo. The park itself is very big and has a lake, where you can rent a boat if it is summer. It took us a while to find the entrance to the zoo. At the entrance was a cool little amusement park. I went on 5 rides. 


In the zoo we saw lots of animals that are similar to the Los Angeles zoo, like elephants. We also saw things I had never seen before in person. We saw penguins, 5 different types of lemurs, aye-ayes and Japanese macaque (snow monkeys). The snow monkeys loved playing with each other and climbing the rocks. In the winter when it is snowing they like to hang out in hot-springs, which are ponds of very warm water.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    I love your Blog! The monkeys look like they are having fun with the cherry blossoms.
    You have done so many fun things on your trip. We cannot wait to see you and have you tell us about your trip.
    We have seen many water buffalo plowing rice paddies. It is one of the biggest celebrations in Vietnam at this time of the year, New Year Celebration! It has been fun to see the kids with their envelopes of good luck money and ballons of different animals. Have a safe flight home! Love you very much! Bulya

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