I really loved this zoo! I paid attention to any detail, because I knew products of Japan were very good and detailed. Related to animals, I found many cute things! Look at some of my collections from the zoo! ^_^
Look at how nice and cute they were!
There were several food shops inside the area. I love ice cream but I would not eat it this time because it was so cold!
Can you see the temperature marker showing 14.5 degree Celsius?
Well, we had not seen enough. We now were going to see other animals. Can you guess? We were going to find penguins and white bear! ^_^
The penguin swam very fast.
I learned several types of penguins.
Look at how cute this little penguin!!! ^_^
Pretty white bear!
The white bear and me! ^_^
Naomi-san, Kitty, and me with the ‘white bear’ :D
We had spent about 2 hours and it was already past lunch time, so we decided to stop at a restaurant inside the zoo area to have lunch. Before coming inside, we should take the ticket first from the vending machines just outside the restaurant. We put some money, choose our menu, then take the ticket and the change, if any. Then we gave the ticket to the staff and waited until our food was ready. Naomi-san ordered udon, while Kitty and I ordered beef croquettes.
Even the food looked cute! And of course they were tasty ;)
We also went inside a souvenir store next to the restaurant. We did not buy anything but we enjoyed seeing the souvenirs they had. All were with pictures of animals! ^_^
Souvenir store inside Asahiyama Zoo
Then we headed to the bus as it was almost time to leave. We passed the fox, which were now awake (they were sleeping before). Exactly at 3.15 the bus left Asahiyama Zoo to return to Sapporo terminal bus. On the half way back, we stopped again in a rest area, but this one was different than before. We went to the toilet and looked around. Then after 15 minutes we went back to the bus and continued our trip home.
Sunagawa Rest Area
At around 6 we arrived at Sapporo terminal bus. Then we decided to have dinner before return to hotel. We went to the shopping mall above the terminal bus and went to some place which looked like “ramen village.” There were so many ramen shops there! I let Naomi-san and Kitty choose :p Finally Kitty chose a ramen shop and we had dinner there. Naomi-san had hot soybean paste ramen, while Kitty and I had new soybean paste ramen. The bowl was so big! However, we all finished our ramen because it was so tasty.
Ramen for dinner: hunt, choose, and eat it all! :D
After dinner, Kitty and I continued to look around the mall. Then we went to Daiso which was 5-minute walk from the mall, and spent the time there until the shop closed at 9 p.m. :D Finally, we both returned to hotel. We had a great trip today at Asahiyama Zoo! We were going to sleep tonight, and get ready for the next wonderful trip tomorrow in Day 2 Trip! ^_^
Renata
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