Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park - History

History

  • Opened as the 62nd zoo in Japan on September 1, 1971.
  • World's first success of the artificial insemination of frozen sperm from a dead Chimpanzee in 1998.
  • Opened the animal contact areas for kids in 2001.
  • Night Safari started in the summer of 2003 and has run every summer since.

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