Visitors flocked to Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Sunday to bid farewell to a hugely popular female giant panda on her last day with the public before her return to China.
Xiang Xiang's final appearance before she leaves Japan on Tuesday was subject to enormous demand, with many taking photos of her on the landmark day. Some were reduced to tears as their one-to-two minute time seeing the panda came to an end.
Admission to see the giant panda was limited to a preselected lottery of 2,600 entries a day. The final time slot on Sunday was so popular that there were around 70 times as many applicants as there were available entries.