What other travelers are saying about Kobe Oji Zoo
Oji Zoo in Kobe is a delightful destination for families and animal lovers. Home to a variety of animals, including pandas, polar bears, and elephants, the zoo provides an engaging and educational experience.
The spacious and well-maintained grounds are perfect for a leisurely stroll, and the petting area allows kids to interact with smaller animals. The retro amusement park within the zoo adds extra fun for children.
Conveniently located near Oji Park, this zoo offers a fun and relaxing day out for all ages. A great spot to enjoy nature and wildlife in Kobe! 🐼🐘🌳
Good value zoo with a decent variety of animals including flamingos , monkeys and elephants . The area around the zoo is also interesting with many good coffee shops and loads of things to do . The queue was easy and efficient
After reading reviews, we decided to come and support this Kobe Oji Zoo.
Maybe smaller compare Kobe Animal Kingdom, but we love to see animals are being well taken here and of course the tickets price is cheaper ¥600/adults. Variety of animals is not least too, we actually spent around 1.5hours touring this zoo.
First we thought this zoo is unbusy, but around 10:30am, lots of school children starts coming in multiple groups. Japanese children are very discipline and kawaii :), teachers are leading them very well, seeing their expressions on touring the animals adding pleasures in the zoo tour very much. This zoo is suitable for any ages.
For a public zoo, they put quite a bit of effort into exhibits and ease of showing. The number of restrooms and nursing rooms, as well as a large area to have lunch, kept us happy.
Because it was a holiday we had to wait in line for about 30 minutes before we could enter. As an improvement, either an additional ticket booth should be built or a system for pre-purchase of tickets should be introduced (preferably the latter).
In the circular fierce animal exhibit area, the glass surface in the area where the animals are located was difficult to see inside due to the reflection of sunlight, which is a structural problem. Other visitors had similar complaints.
Very clean, possibly a bit run down. Many of the animals were generally well taken care of, however some of them were pacing and looked very old. No panda :(
