The Zoo with No Cost: The Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama city

Last Sunday, we've made a mad search through Google about things that can be done in Yokohama at our free time with a minimum cost. Out of all the attractions I read about, what I wanted to see the most (even more than Tokyo Disneyland) was Yokohama Zoo. there was Zoorasia but since it is very far from the city of Yokohama we decided to look nearby, and we found the best place to see an animal inside the city in a weekend at no cost at all, at the Nogeyama Zoological Gardens it is a free entrance zoo opened in April 1951 located in Nogeyama Park, in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. (source Wikipedia).

So, we went to take the chance trip to Nogeyama Zoo in  Yokohama Japan to look at a few animals.

Nogeyama Zoo offers a lot to its visitors. It houses about 100 species of animals covers  with 9.6 hectares and houses and about 1400 animals counted last 2014. the place is easy to navigate without the map because each animal houses have its sort number from first to the last.  at the entrance guarded by the Red Panda.

Animals in Nogeyama Zoo live inside the steel cages. followed by the Mount baboon and chimpanzee (warning here: the Pee thrower chimpanzee ).

Next the line is Reptiles Sanctuary such as:

of course, one of the popular animal species are lion and tiger but since it is daytime, this two beast is not active when they are a night predator.

(king of the Beast having his nap)

(another Beast waiting for his prey)

(raccoon cage)

(beautiful Flamingo)

(some kinds of Monkeys)

(Any Zoo is incomplete without him 'the Giraffe')

(Condor add more fun moments)

(Japanese Black Bear)

(Another Types of Deer)

 (Zoo is boring without this cute little penguin)
My favorite part and my friend favorite at Nogeyama Zoo is Rainforest. because it's heartwarming and relaxing to see lots of swan swimming on the ponds, This place is the best parts for the couple who want to take a rest for the mountain type Zoo of Nogeyama.

 It has also free to touch time for the Marmot lover visitors (but this free touch moment is close at 3 pm, so I'll recommend you to come early to the marmot Cage before it). It was a shame we were not able to explore the whole zoo. For a better experience, be there by opening time. The zoo is big and has animal shows, boat rides and more to offer that it would take one whole day to do everything (maybe even one whole day is not enough).

Souvenir shop such as, animals toys and medal are available at the Entrance and Exit area.

Details:
Nogeyama Zoo opens from 9:30am to 4:30 pm (Entrance is allowed until 4:00pm) and closes every Monday (closes Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday).
*The zoo closes from December 29 through January 1.

Parking Area: walking Distance from the Zoo

Admission: FREE

Access:
Map =====>here
〒220-0032 神奈川県横浜市西区老松町, 西区老松町63−10

nogeyama-zoo.org

045-231-1307