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This article is about the Japanese amusement park and zoo. For the amusement park in the United States formerly under the same name, see Six Flags America.
Adventure World
Adventure World entrance gate Map
Map
Date opened1978
LocationShirahama, Wakayama, Japan
MembershipsJAZA
Major exhibitsgiant panda, Emperor Penguin etc.

Adventure World (白浜アドベンチャーワールド, Shirahama Adobenchā Wārudo) is an amusement park with a zoo and a public aquarium, located in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Hours Co., Ltd. (AWS), an affiliate of Marusue Co., Ltd. headquartered in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture. The park opened on April 22, 1978 as Nanki Shirahama World Safari.

Overview

Operating under the motto of "contact between humans, animals, and nature", Adventure World consists of a zoo, aquarium, and an amusement park. The park's many facilities include a giant panda breeding exhibition and dolphin and sea lion shows. There are also animal-themed restaurants and cafes in the park, as well as academic tours.

In January 2023, two lions at Adventure World died of COVID-19 after contact with an infected employee. Another eight lions became infected, but recovered.[1]

Zoo

Cheetah

The Adventure World zoo is divided into several different areas and attractions:

Giant pandas

Giant panda

Adventure World operates as the Japanese branch of the Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China.[2] The giant panda breeding research project had successfully bred 17 giant pandas by September 2018,[3] the highest number in the world in terms of both live births and mature offspring kept outside of mainland China. As of September 12, 2018, Adventure World was home to 6 of the 10 captive pandas in Japan; Ueno Zoo had three and Kobe Oji Zoo had one.

Panda Love, the park's panda center, provides an open area where pandas can roam at will. All the giant pandas currently in captivity, including offspring, are owned by the Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base.

All pandas born at the research base have names that carry the suffix hin (浜) (e.g., Rauhin). Eimei fathered 14 pandas, except for the 1st (Yoshihama), and the 6th panda, who died shortly after birth. Eimei gave birth to Ranbao (male) in 2002 at the Lanzhou Zoo in China via artificial insemination from Ran and Shulan (twin sisters born from Umeume), but he died on August 30, 2012.

Giant pandas currently at Adventure World
Name Sex Birth date Birth place Notes
Rauhin Female September 6, 2000 Adventure World Father: Haran, mother: Meimei
Ouhin Female December 2, 2014 Adventure World Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; twin sister of Touhin
Touhin Female December 2, 2014 Adventure World Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; twin sister of Ouhin
Yuihin Female September 18, 2016 Adventure World Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin
Saihin Female August 14, 2018 Adventure World Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; had a stillborn twin[4][5]
Kaedehama / Fuhin Female November 22, 2020 Adventure World Father: Eimei, mother: Yoshihama; originally thought to be male[6]

Giant pandas previously in captivity

Name Sex Entry date Birth place and date Departure destination and date Notes
Youhin Female September 4, 1992 Chengdu Zoo, September 4, 1992 - Died July 17, 1997
Eimei Male September 6, 1994 Beijing Zoo, September 14, 1992 Chengdu Zoo, February 22, 2023
Meimei Female July 7, 2000 Chengdu Okumaneko Breeding Research Base, August 31, 1994 - Died October 15, 2008 at 5:29[7]
Yuhin male - Adventure World, December 17, 2001 Chengdu Okumaneko Breeding Research Base, June 21, 2004 Father: Eimei, mother: MeiMei
Ryuhin male - Adventure World, September 8, 2003 Chengdu Zoo, October 27, 2007 Father: Eimei, mother: MeiMei; twins with Shuhin
Shuhin ? - Adventure World, September 8, 2003 Chengdu Zoo, October 27, 2007 Father: Eimei, mother: MeiMei; twins with Ryuhin
Kouhin Male - Adventure World, August 23, 2005 Chengdu Zoo, March 15, 2010 Father: Eimei, mother: Male; twins with unnamed panda
Unnamed Male - Adventure World, August 24, 2005 - Father: Eimei, mother: Umeume; twins with Kouhin; died August 25, 2005 at 2:27 am
Aihin Female - Adventure World, December 23, 2006 Chengdu Zoo, December 14, 2012 Father: Eimei, mother: MeiMei; twins with Meihin
Meihin ? - Adventure World, December 23, 2006 Chengdu Zoo, December 14, 2012; subsequently moved to Ryushu Zoo in 2014[8] Father: Eimei, mother: MeiMei; twins with Aihin
Meihin Female - Adventure World, September 13, 2008 Chengdu Zoo, February 26, 2013 Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; twins with Eihin; first pandas to be born in captivity for three generations
Eihin Male - Adventure World, September 13, 2008 Chengdu Zoo, February 26, 2013 Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; twins with Meihin; first pandas to be born in captivity for three generations
Kaihin Male - Adventure World, August 11, 2010 Chengdu Zoo, June 5, 2017 Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; twins with Youhin
Youhin Female - Adventure World, August 11, 2010 Chengdu Zoo, June 5, 2017 Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; twins with Kaihin
Yuhin Female - Adventure World, August 10, 2012 Chengdu Zoo, June 5, 2017 Father: Eimei, mother: Rauhin; had a stillborn twin

In March 2011, Yoshinobu Nisaka, the governor of Wakayama Prefecture, gave the title of "Kunkousaku = Wakayama Night" to three horses, Eimei, Yoshihama, and Umeume. This is the second case following the Tama station manager at Kishi Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line, and it is a tribute to the nationwide dissemination of the charm of Wakayama Prefecture by increasing the number of panda families.[9][needs copy edit]

Aquarium

Marine Live show

Attractions

Marine Live & Animal Action

The dolphin and whale show is called "Marine Live" and is held in a pool with a tank capacity of 10,000,000 litres (2,642,000 US gal). The tank has a width of 47 m (154 ft), a length of 21 m (69 ft), and a depth of 8 m (26 ft)).[10] The sea lion show is held under the name "Animal Action".

Polar bears

On October 20, 2009, Adventure World announced the arrival of a baby female polar bear named Mirai, born on October 13. Mirai died on May 16, 2014. In 2013, a male polar bear was born. Following the death of a male polar bear from liver cancer in 2014, it was decided to borrow male polar bear Gogo from Tennōji Zoo in March 2015.[11]

Penguins

Emperor penguins

Eight species of penguins are exhibited (emperor penguins, king penguins, gentoo penguins, Adélie penguins, chinstrap penguins, rockhopper penguins, cape penguins, and fairy penguins). Approximately 470 birds have been bred, which is one of the largest amounts in the world. In particular, the breeding of emperor penguins has been successful.[12][13]

On October 1, 2019, the facility hatched its 13th emperor penguin chick.[14]

Killer whales

Killer whale

The killer whale show at Adventure World was once famous, but ceased after the death of the last killer whale in 2005.

Adventure World's first killer whale, Kianu (female, body length 6 m (20 ft), weight 3 t), was brought from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in California five days before the opening of the amusement park in 1978.[15] Some time afterwards, only Goro (a male brought from Taiji, Wakayama in 1985) remained, but fell ill on 18 January 2005 and died on March 21 at 9:20 pm. Other orcas, including Benkei, Ushiwaka, Ruka, and Ai, were also bred intermittently. Four eggs and sets of sperm from Ruka, Goro, Ran, and Kyu, collected before they died, have been preserved in preparation for future artificial insemination.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2 lions die of COVID-19 at Japanese zoo". BNO News. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ 日本一パンダが生まれるアドベンチャーワールドに「専門家はいらない」。飼育員のチームワーク術 - サイボウズ式（2012年11月9日）
  3. ^ アドベンチャーワールドの繁殖研究
  4. ^ 和歌山の赤ちゃんパンダ授乳確認 双子の1頭は死産 日刊スポーツ2018年8月16日閲覧
  5. ^ 赤ちゃんパンダ授乳2回確認 和歌山・アドベンチャーワールド 産経新聞2018年8月18日閲覧
  6. ^ 和歌山パンダの赤ちゃん 性別は「雌」でした アドベンチャーワールドが発表 YAHOO!JAPANニュース2020年12月22日閲覧
  7. ^ "和歌山）七夕の贈り物 パンダの永明と良浜". 朝日新聞デジタル. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  8. ^ 柳州動物園に成都パンダがやって来ました——明浜の運動場初体験 成都ジャイアントパンダ繁殖研究基金会（2014-04-08）
  9. ^ 「パンダにナイトの称号　たま駅長に続き第２号　和歌山県」 asahi.com（朝日新聞）2011年3月6日。（2011年3月7日のアーカイブ）
  10. ^ 【「LOVES」水のステージ】 アドベンチャーワールド公式フェイスブック
  11. ^ 赤ちゃん同じ日に誕生　ホッキョクグマとペンギン Archived 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine AGARA紀伊民報　2009年10月23日
  12. ^ "Penguin chick makes public debut". The Japan Times. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  13. ^ 「中国初　コウテイペンギンの繁殖に成功＝大連の動物園」（毎日中国経済）2010年11月26日。
  14. ^ 2013年10月17日、エンペラーペンギンの赤ちゃんが誕生しました！
  15. ^ a b 谷口一久・大出庸子『いつか、オルカ』アワーズ 2007年 ISBN 978-4-9903598-1-2
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