Open animal park that’s mostly a petting zoo. There’s a motorized portion where you can ride on a bus and feed the animals or drive through in a personal or rental vehicle with no feeding. YOU MUST BRING CASH!! Check the pics for prices or look online but EVERYTHING with the exception of buying the bus tickets and two restaurants requires cash. There is NO ATM on site which is ridiculous!! They have signs saying no food near the animals, but there are green spaces to eat your food if you bring it and coolers were seen around the parks. Very enjoy experience. Come early if you want to do the jungle bus option as it feels up fast. Wear comfortable shoes as theirs lots of walking on uneven and steep terrain
Wonderful zoo with a drive-through area. The option to walk through the outside of the fenced safari is available. Can park and see the smaller animals as well. Price is per person, not per vehicle. Purchase online for a discount. Recommend visiting!
At first we didn’t know it was a drive through ZOO. It’s the only one I have tried in Asia. If you have your own car you can drive your own but it’s you don’t have they have a bus to take you. Many safari animal inside, I think it’s a great place for elderly who can’t walk long or for kids is a good choice too. You can even feed kangaroos, capybara etc.
We recently took our kids to Fuji Safari Park, and it was truly one of the highlights of our trip to Japan!
We started our adventure with the guided safari bus tour, which was a big hit with the kids. The bus had large window grills with open sections (with safety grills) that let us get really close to the animals. But the best part? We got to feed lions, bears from the bus using tongs! The kids were thrilled—especially seeing a lion come right up to the window.
Later, we switched things up and drove our own car through the safari zone, which gave us a more personal and flexible experience. It was amazing being so close to giraffes, zebras, and even elephants, all while safely in our own car. The animals roam freely in large, open areas, so it felt very natural.
The Fuji Safari Park (富士サファリパーク) is a wildlife park on the southern slopes of Mount Fuji where visitors can take a safari through the simulated habitats of freely roaming animals, including lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, cheetahs, elephants, rhinoceroses, zebras and bison. It is one of the largest and most popular safari parks in Japan.
There are multiple ways to explore the park's safari zone: by your own car, by a rental car, by bus or on foot. No additional fee is charged if you drive through the safari zone with your own car. On average, it takes visitors about an hour to complete the course, but the road through the park is broad enough to allow each car to proceed at its personally preferred pace.
