See the zoo at night

Just to show you that the fine people at Asahiyama Zoo are not getting lackadaisical about their popularity and recent success, they have recently trialed a week long stint of leaving the zoo open until 9pm. 

This serves the dual purpose of allowing a unique view of the zoo's animals as well as a fantastic night view of the Asahikawa's city lights. Quite pretty on a nice clear evening.

My guess is that the zoo is trialing the late close to check its financial viability in the hope of permanently extending the zoo's open hours in the future. We don't know for sure at this stage, but we will endeavour to check it out with the management.

Unfortunately, for the time being at least, the current run of late closes has run its course, and while it's a bit disappointing for those that were unable to make it, don't despair, the zoo is quite cool during the day too.

Here are a couple of  pics of Asahiyama Zoo at night.