History of Yokohama City Zoo

"Africa Savanna" at Yokohama Zoo

The Nogeyama Park, which was constructed after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, opened on September 18, 1926, was opened on September 18, 1926 as a migratory garden (currently a zoo area), a Western garden (now distribution reservoir area), a Japanese-Western eclectic garden (currently walking district) and three wards.
For three months from March 15, 1949, the Nogeyama Park was selected as the first venue of the Japan Exposition (the second venue is Sorimachi Park (Kanagawa venue). Many animals such as bears, foxes and Raccoon Dog on display at a part of the second venue, the park opened as the Noge Mountain Amusement Park on April 1, 1951.
Then, in June 1964, the amusement park was closed to construct a reservoir underground in the amusement park area, and the zoo was free.
In 2001, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of the park. In November 2002, a large-scale renovation project, which took about four years, was reopened.
In April 1979, the Makigahara Little Kids Zoo was opened in Nogeyama Zoo's Children's Nature Park in Asahi Ward's Children's Nature Park. (Currently, only small animals such as guinea pigs) and Japanese chickens
In March 1982, Kanazawa Zoo was opened as a branch garden in Nogeyama Zoo. Initially, 10 items of three types, including the giant tsutsubo, were exhibited in the United States, and the park was first opened.
Subsequently, the zoo was gradually expanded, became independent from Nogeyama Zoo in April 1988, and in March 1989, the public exhibition of Amimekirin in March 1989.
In April 1999, the Yokohama Zoo, which incorporates the “habitation Environment Exhibition”, which directs the environment of animal habitats, was first opened. The public area was gradually expanded, and in April 2015, the last area, "Savanna in Africa" was opened and fully opened. The public facility of ZOORASIA has a novel nickname and is known as a famous spot in Yokohama.
In addition, one corner of the site of Yokohama Zoo, there is a private Preservation and Research Center that serves as a research center for three zoos in the city to preserve species of rare wildlife.