Tobu Zoo

Tobu Zoo (東武動物公園, Tōbu dōbutsu kōen) is a combination of a zoo and an amusement park located in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Tobu Zoo
36.021°N 139.713°E / 36.021; 139.713
Date opening	March 28, 1981
Owner	Tobu Railway

Grape-kun

Grape-kun was a 21-year-old Humboldt penguin at the zoo.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} His attachment to a cardboard cutout of a character from Kemono Friends earned him international fame.^[1] The zoo announced his death on 12 October 2017.^[7]

Rocky-kun

In promoting the 2018 movie Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple, Tobu Zoo a pictures of weretiger character Atsushi Nakajima alongside white tiger known as "Rocky-kun". During the promotion of this event, Atsushi's voice actor, Yūto Uemura, collaborated in making multiple announcement which was run between February 24 and March 3, 2018.^[8]

Roller coasters

• Kawasemi
• Regina II
• Tentomushi
• Diggy & Daggy's Tram Coaster

Access

Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station on the confluence of the Tobu Isesaki, Nikko, and Skytree Lines is located nearby the zoo.

See also

• Animal theme park