Phone: 0166-36-1104
Address: Kuranuma, Higashi Asahikawa-cho, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8205
Open:
10:30am to 3:30pm (entry until 3pm)
Mid November to early April;
9:30am to 5:15pm (entry until 4pm)
Late April to mid October;
9:30am to 4:30pm (entry until 4pm)
Mid October to early November;
Closed:
New Year (December 30 to January 1)
A few days between the summer and winter seasons:
– April 10th to 28th, 2023
– November 4th to 10th, 2023
– January 1st, 2024
Admission: Adults 1,000 yen / Children (below junior high school level) Free
URL: https://www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/asahiyamazoo/
FY 2024
| Section | Time frame | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Summer Schedule | Saturday, April 27th, 2024 to Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 | 9:30am-5:15pm (entry until 4:00pm) |
| Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 to November 3rd, 2024 (Sunday and holiday) | 9:30am-4:30pm (entry until 4:00pm) | |
| Zoo at night | Scheduled to open on Friday and on Saturday on August 16th, 2024 and on August 10th, 2024. | 9:30am-9:00pm (entry until 8:00pm) |
| Winter Schedule | Monday, November 11th, 2024 to Monday, April 7th, 2025 | 10:30am-3:30pm (entry until 3:00pm) |
- (Addition) closed: April 8th, 2024 to April 26th and November 4th to November 10th and December 30th to January 1st, 2025
- (Addition) opening times may change due to infectious disease.
- (Addition) when there is a fear that safety in the park and smooth operation become impossible, the zoo will sometimes close without notice.
GPS: 43.768472650349096, 142.4800391879437 (Google Maps)
The penguin parade event usually starts in December (2023/12/23) depending on snow cover and is held twice daily — at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. — but usually only once at day at 11am in March until around mid-March when the snow melts from the ground. The penguins can only do the parade if there is snow.
The Asahiyama Zoo is a municipal zoo opened in July 1967 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, and is the northernmost zoo in the country. In August 2004, over 320,000 people visited the zoo, the second highest number of visitors among all the zoos in Japan. Wikipedia
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Notable animals: Noshio, Zabuko, Hanako
Number of animals: 750
Annual visitors: 3,000,000 (2007)
Opened: July 1, 1967
| Fees | The Usual Fee | Citizen Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (more than high school student) | 1,000 yen | 700 yen |
| Groups | 900 yen | 600 yen |
| Children (below junior high school level) | Free | |
| Hospitality ticket (1 night two-day pass) | 1,000 yen | |
| The zoo passport | 1,400 yen | |
| The science museum common passport | 2,230 yen |
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I plan to visit the penguin parade on the 1st of March, 2024.
What’s the schedule?
Thank you.
Thanks for the question. I called the zoo and checked. They said the penguin parade is held twice a day — at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. — until around mid-March when the snow melts.
I called the zoo again today and they said only at 11am in March.