Miyazaki Phoenix Zoo (宮崎市フェニックス自然動物園) 宮崎市フェニックス自然動物園
You can ride an Asian elephant for 500 yen, compared with thousands in Kanto.
The Miyazaki Phoenix Natural Zoological Park opened in 1971 on a pine-covered headland on the Hitotsuba coast, north of the city, and calls itself ‘the zoo of sun and greenery’. It houses about 100 species and 1,200 animals across African savannah, Asian elephants and small mammals you can touch, with daily shows such as the flamingo flight. It stands next to an amusement park and shares a combined ticket with the nearby Florante Miyazaki botanical garden.
Miyazaki
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