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Tobu Zoo

Zoo and amusement park in Japan

36°01′16″N 139°42′47″E / 36.021°N 139.713°E / 36.021; 139.713Date openingMarch 28, 1981OwnerTobu Railway

Tobu Zoo (東武動物公園, Tōbu dōbutsu kōen) is a combination of a zoo and an amusement park located in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Grape-kun

Grape-kun was a 21-year-old Humboldt penguin at the zoo.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] His attachment to an anime cutout of a character from Kemono Friends earned him international fame.^[1] The zoo announced his death on 12 October 2017.^[7]

Rocky-kun

In promoting the 2018 movie Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple, Tobu Zoo a pictures of weretiger character Atsushi Nakajima alongside white tiger known as "Rocky-kun". During the promotion of this event, Atsushi's voice actor, Yūto Uemura, collaborated in making multiple announcement which was run between February 24 and March 3, 2018.^[8]

Roller coasters

Kawasemi
Regina II
Tentomushi
Diggy & Daggy's Tram Coaster

Access

Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station on the confluence of the Tobu Isesaki, Nikko, and Skytree Lines is located nearby the zoo.

References

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^ ^a ^b Rogers, Jon (2 May 2017). "Pick up a penguin? Humboldt bird falls in love with cardboard cutout placed in his pen". Express.co.uk.
^ "Japan zoo mourns death of love-struck penguin". Yahoo News. 14 October 2017.
^ "Japan mourns anime-loving penguin". 13 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
^ "「2次元に恋したペンギン」グレープ君が死ぬ。『けものフレンズ』のパネル見つめる姿で有名に". 13 October 2017. (in Japanese)
^ "東武動物公園で"おにいさん"がペンギントーク". Mainichi Daily News. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. (in Japanese)
^ 安藤健二 (15 June 2017). "東武動物公園×けものフレンズコラボ企画人気なのだ！". Huffington Post Japan. (in Japanese)
^ Oona McGee (13 October 2017). "Japan's anime-loving penguin Grape-kun passes away at Tobu Zoo". SoraNews24.
^ ""Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE" Teams Up with Tobu Zoo". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 1, 2019.