Japan Photo of the Week: Asahiyama Zoo
If you are going to the Sapporo Snow Festival next week you may be looking for something to do outside of Sapporo. Don’t get me wrong, Sapporo is a great city, but if you want to see other sites but don’t want to go to far, I recommend the Asahiyama Zoo.
Especially if you have kids, but even if you don’t, the Asahiyama Zoo is pretty sweet. I enjoyed the penguin and polar bear exhibits. It was the first time for me to see real penguins and I couldn’t believe for something so slow and awkward on land they could be so fast and graceful in the water. Good stuff. Anyway, like always, for more information about the Asahiyama Zoo take a look at theJapan Photo Guide or for larger and more photos, here is the gallery. This photograph was taken by Evan Pike. 
