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HIGASHIYAMA ZOO

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2019
More than 330 coins found in stomach of dead alligator at Nagoya zoo
More than 330 coins have been found in the stomach of a dead alligator at a Nagoya zoo in May, apparently swallowed over a span of decades as visitors tossed spare change into the pond while making wishes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 8, 2017
Shabani the gorilla credited with keeping Nagoya zoo visitor numbers up despite bird flu outbreak
The total number of visitors to Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya reached 2,408,400 in fiscal 2016, the second-highest level in the last 20 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 31, 2016
Led by Shabani, gorillas challenge koalas for popularity title at Nagoya zoo
Expectations are running high that Shabani, a male gorilla famed for his "good looks," may win the prize for most popular animal at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2016
Nagoya zoo's 'hot guy' gorilla featured in book to boost awareness of endangered species
A celebrity western lowland gorilla from Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya is involved in another promotional blitz — this time a picture book for children has been published to raise public awareness of the need to protect endangered species.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2016
Nagoya taps zoo gorilla Shabani's star power for city recruitment video
A celebrity gorilla at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya will star in a video to promote the city's municipal job recruitment effort.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2015
Nagoya zoo wants probe into logo made by embattled Olympic designer
A zoo in Nagoya has asked for a probe into the logo that 2020 Tokyo Olympics emblem designer Kenjiro Sano created for it, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 29, 2015
Good-looking gorilla has crowds going gaga at Higashiyama Zoo
A western lowland gorilla from Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chikusa Ward, Nagoya, is becoming a celebrity, thanks to Twitter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 4, 2015
Volunteer guide's polar bear outfit a hit at Nagoya zoo
An employee in Nagoya is masquerading as a polar bear on weekends.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2014
Koalas' prodigious costs, graying population bedevil nation's zookeepers
Despite the popularity of koalas, the number of those kept in Japanese zoos has been more than halved from the mid-1990s peak as their population continues to grow old.

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