Okinawa Kodomo no Kuni

photo by 地図帳 が撮影 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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At weekends it stays open until nine, and nobody under fifteen pays.

It opened in April 1972 as a project for the return of Okinawa to Japan, and you can tell it is a place designed for local people before tourists. About one hundred and fifty species and a thousand animals, with an area devoted to the endemic species of the Ryūkyū arc: the wild boar, the fruit bat, the goat and the pig of the island. Inside there is also the Wonder Museum, the first and only children's museum in Okinawa, and since July 2024 it has been included in the ticket.

A zoo and museum in Okinawa City, opened in April 1972 to a plan by the agency for assisting compatriots of the south. It includes the zoo, the interactive children's museum on three levels and an area devoted to the fauna of the Ryūkyū.

ℹ️ Weekdays 9:30–17:30, last entry 16:30; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 9:30–21:00, last entry 20:00. Closed on Tuesdays (if it is a public holiday, the following Monday) and on 30 and 31 December and 1 January. One thousand yen from sixteen years of age, five hundred for students with a student card, free up to fifteen; half price with a disability certificate, and one companion free. Seven hundred free parking spaces. Wheelchairs on loan, accessible toilets, nursing room.

🚉 Nakanomachi · 12 min walk

Sources: okzm.jp · 4travel.jp

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