Fukuoka City Zoo

At ¥600 a ticket, the Fukuoka City Zoo is an inexpensive way to spend a few hours. Set in a hilly, forested area of the city, it features a diversity of animals including giraffe, monkeys, etc. There are also rarer animals including bearcats and endangered Tsushima leopard cats. Maybe the most unique were the Asian small-claw otters, some of which like to grab onto a handing rope with their mouth and just… spin. Without stopping. For minutes on end, over and over. While some of the animal habitats are quite old (and too small), most of the critters seemed to be in high spirits—except for maybe the monkeys, which are smarter, I suppose. Anyway, I’d rate this a pretty good zoo overall.Read more