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Asahiyama Zoo

Asahiyama Zoo
Main gate
Map
43°46′05″N 142°28′47″E / 43.76805114°N 142.4797823°E / 43.76805114; 142.4797823
Date openedJuly 1967
LocationAsahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
Annual visitors3,000,000 (2007)
MembershipsJAZA[1]
Websitewww.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/asahiyamazoo/

The Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園, Asahiyama dōbutsuen) is a municipal zoo that opened in July 1967 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, and is the northernmost zoo in the country.[2] In August 2004, over 320,000 people had visited the zoo, the second highest number of visitors among all the zoos in Japan.[3] Located in Higashi Asahikawa, on the outskirts of Asahikawa, the Asahiyama Zoo is accredited by the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA).

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