Holiday in Maruyama Zoo

You may think that my favorite animal is only horse. Of course I love horse, but I also like animals very much.

Do you have been to Maruyama Zoo? People who live in Sapporo may have been there many times. I know two zoos in Hokkaido. One is Asahiyama zoo which is famous all over Japan. And another is Maruyama zoo which is close to Hokkaido University. When I came to Sapporo for the first time, I knew there is Maruyama zoo in Sapporo, and there are white bears. I had been hoping to go to Maruyama zoo since then. How nice the white bear in snow is, I thought.

However, the time passed in an instant. It becomes November. Yet there was no snow and I could go to the zoo by walk. That day, it was so cold and windy. I went there by subway and then walk. I heard that there are many smart shops and café around Maruyama. At a bakery near the zoo, we eat lunch. The shop was very nice both bread and interior design. I had a pumpkin soup and it was very delicious.

At the Maruyama zoo, I saw many people in spite of the cold weather. I was very happy to come to the zoo. First, I saw ressar-pandas. There were two little ressar-pandas. Those two children were born recently and names of them was advertized. All of them had fluffy and orange fur, so they were so cute.

There were many species of owl and hawk. I saw Ural Owl and Snowy Owl for the first time. Snowy Owl is bird which ride on Harry Potter’s shoulder. The birds were very beautiful and look smart. Next, I saw a show of a black kite (one kind of hawk). The black kite whistled close to my head and I was very moved as I forgot cold weather.

In the zoo, there were Lion and Tiger, white panther, giraffe, hippopotamus, too. I was worried about those tropical animals because the cold whether in Hokkaido must be hard to live. But, they were all in indoors. The room of those animals was warm, however, it was little narrow for them, I thought. The animals in Maruyama zoo was all have beautiful body and look healthy. The breeders must love those animals, I thought.

White bears were outdoors. There were some kinds of bears. I could compare bears. White Bears have slender face and long pliant body. Ural Bear (Higuma) is little small but I felt a sense of closeness. Black Bear is very big but look like teddy bear.

I wanted to see not mainly white bears but also wolves. I had never seen them. I love a story of wolves and I admire wolves. There are three wolves, and they are family. Wolves ran lively and their body was brawny. Their eyes were upright and cool, I was impressed. And I remembered a dog which had been in my home. He looked like a small wolf and so tender. At the same time I thought that why wolves in Hokkaido disappeared.

 Zoo gives us very precious chance to meet animals in other country. Zoo gives precious chance to think about us, too. Human is not only a living life in earth. When I see animals that we never meet in daily life, I am impressed and my heart becomes full.

I could refresh my mind in the zoo. I want go there again. And I also want many people to go to zoo. Many wonderful animals wait at zoo!