Best Zoos, Aquariums & Botanical Gardens Spot List

The healing power of the sea and flowers

A garden decorated with white and red apricot flowers

This botanical garden offers an extraordinary space where you feel as if you stepped into a jungle. Visitors can learn about the tropical plants that have a strong tie to their daily life.

Take your time watching adorable animals

Now the oldest and most comprehensive botanical gardens in all of Japan

Located in a park looking down over Minato Mirai, the center area of Yokohama City, this zoo allows visitors to interact with animals up close.

This is an admission-free zoo where you can interact with cute little animals. The area where you can pet rabbits and guinea pigs is popular.

This is an animal park at the top of Mt. Hodo, which is accessible by cable car from the Nagatoro area in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. Visitors can interact with small animals in the park.

Get up close and personal with a Japanese macaque

A zoo in Kanazawa Shizen Park, surrounded by nature, where rare species of Herbivores from around the world are kept. A perfect spot to relax.

It is an aquarium that is located on the shore of Ashinoko Lake. The shows, performed by charming Baikal seals, are popular.

Oasis in the Sky is the concept of this metropolitan aquarium in a high-rise building. Spend an exciting day along with your children.

Edutainment style aquarium where you can enjoy learning about the ”Sagami Bay and the Pacific Ocean,” the treasury of the marine life, and ”creatures” as basic themes.

This zoo has a view of Mt. Fuji. You can observe lions and bears at close range by feeding the animals from the Jungle Bus.

One of the world's largest aquariums with a massive tank where a whale shark glides gracefully. The aquarium duplicates the natural environment surrounding the Pacific Ocean.

A zoological garden containing around 640 animals and 110 species from all over the world, displayed in a more free and natural environment.

An aquarium where you'll learn from seeing, touching and playing

Adorable sea creatures everywhere

A zoo favored by Kobe locals

Encounter the Man’yoshu and plants from time immemorial