How much is the entrance fee for Noichi Zoo?

Admission is 470 yen for adults. Children under 18 and high school students enter free, and an annual pass costs 1,570 yen.

How do I get to Noichi Zoo from Kochi Station?

Take the JR Dosan Line and change to the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Gomen-Nahari Line, then get off at Noichi Station. The zoo is about a 20-minute walk from the station.

What animals are at Noichi Zoological Park?

The zoo has about 100 species in habitat-style enclosures. Highlights include chimpanzees and giraffes, red pandas and three otter species, plus a shoebill and penguins.

Can you bring food into Noichi Zoo?

Yes. You may bring food and drinks and eat them outdoors, but not inside the buildings. Alcohol is not allowed.

Is parking free at Noichi Zoo?

Yes. The zoo lot is free and holds about 300 cars and 10 buses.

How long do you need at Noichi Zoo?

Allow two to three hours to walk all the zones and the Jungle Museum. Families with small children often stay longer for the Children's Zoo and feeding times.

A mandrill with colorful blue and red facial markings sits among green foliage, looking to the side with one arm resting on its leg.

A grassy zoo enclosure with a large tree in the center, surrounded by rocks, shallow water, and fences. Forested hills and cloudy skies are in the background.

A brown otter stands on a large rock, looking directly at the camera. The background features dirt, scattered leaves, moss, and a stone wall.

A large shoebill stork with gray feathers stands with its wings partially open, displaying its broad beak. The bird is surrounded by green plants and palm leaves, with a cage visible in the background.

An adult chimpanzee walks on grass holding a leafy branch in its mouth, while two baby chimpanzees ride on its back. The background is green with vegetation and a rock.

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Noichi Zoological Park

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Last updated Nov 8, 2026

Noichi Zoological Park is the prefectural zoo of Kochi, in the Noichi area of Konan City, about 10 minutes by car from Kochi Ryoma Airport. It keeps about 1,100 animals of around 100 species, most of them in enclosures built to look like their natural habitats. Admission is 470 yen for adults, and visitors under 18 enter free.

The zoo is laid out in climate zones, and Mount Sanpo rises behind the savanna as the park's symbol. The low price makes it an easy half-day stop for families traveling around Kochi.

What to see at Noichi Zoo

Temperate Forest

Red pandas climb in the trees here, and beavers swim in a pond with their dam. The otter area is the only place in Japan where three otter species are shown together.

Tropical Forest

A troop of chimpanzees lives in a large open enclosure. White-handed gibbons swing on a 10-meter tower, and Egyptian fruit bats fly in their own cave.

Africa and Australia Zone

Giraffes and zebras graze on a wide savanna that you can watch from an observation deck. The zone also has kangaroos and wallabies, meerkats and the shoebill, a large African bird known for standing almost motionless.

The Jungle Museum

This three-floor indoor rainforest is one of the largest in Japan. Sloths and sun bears live here with toucans and capybaras, along with reptiles and fish. Artificial mist rolls through several times a day, and twice a day a three-minute squall of man-made rain falls on the forest.

Children's Zoo

Two species of penguins swim behind glass in an indoor pool. You can crawl through a tunnel under the prairie dog enclosure and look out from a dome at their eye level, and there are guinea pigs and ponies to meet.

Feeding times and events

Feeding sessions run on weekends and public holidays. They cover the chimpanzees and red pandas as well as the otters, giraffes, sea lions and penguins. On the second Sunday of each month, a keeper-led tour goes behind the scenes, limited to the first 20 people to sign up on the day. Check the zoo's English visitor guide for the current schedule, since sessions can change or be canceled in rain.

Noichi Zoo tickets and facilities

Adults: 470 yen
Under 18 and high school students: free
Annual pass: 1,570 yen
Parking: free, with space for about 300 cars

Coin lockers and strollers cost 200 yen each at the gate, and wheelchairs are free to borrow. You can bring your own food and eat it outdoors, though not inside the buildings. The Racoon restaurant inside the science museum serves lunch. Pets are not allowed.

How to get to Noichi Zoological Park

By train: take the JR Dosan Line from Kochi and change to the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Gomen-Nahari Line. Get off at Noichi Station, then walk about 20 minutes to the zoo.
By car: about 20 minutes from Nankoku IC on the Kochi Expressway, or 10 minutes from Kochi Ryoma Airport. Look for the wind turbine near the zoo as a landmark.

The zoo is close to other family stops east of Kochi City. Ryugado limestone cave is a short drive into the hills.

The ACTLAND museum park is also nearby. An ACTLAND admission e-ticket can be bought online.

Our Kochi pre-travel guide covers getting around the prefecture.