Maruyama Dōbutsuen

Maruyama Dōbutsuen is a zoo in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Maruyama Dōbutsuen is situated nearby to Maruyama Zoo, as well as near Maruyama Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maruyama Zoo and Maruyama Park.

Maruyama Zoo

Zoo

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Sapporo Maruyama Zoo is a municipal zoo in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It opened on May 5, 1951. The zoo is located within Maruyama Park in western Sapporo, and is the oldest zoo in Hokkaido.

Maruyama Park is a park in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The park was modeled after the park with the same name sited in Kyoto. The park is home of a number of attractions such as, the Hokkaidō Shrine, the Maruyama Zoo, the Maruyama Baseball Stadium and the Maruyama Athletics Stadium. Maruyama Park is situated 310 metres northeast of Maruyama Dōbutsuen.

Maruyama Baseball Stadium

Stadium

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Sapporo Maruyama Baseball Stadium, is a baseball stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The stadium holds 25,000 people, was built in 1934 and is currently used for high-school and amateur baseball games. Maruyama Baseball Stadium is situated 350 metres north of Maruyama Dōbutsuen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishi and Kita-ku.

Nishi

Suburb

Nishi is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, with some areas of farmland and forested mountainous terrain mostly near its western and southern edges. Nishi is situated 3 km north of Maruyama Dōbutsuen.

Kita-ku

Suburb

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Kita-ku is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. Kita-ku is situated 5 km northeast of Maruyama Dōbutsuen.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

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Higashi-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu. Higashi-ku is situated 6 km northeast of Maruyama Dōbutsuen.

Maruyama Dōbutsuen

Type: Zoo
Also known as: “Maruyama Dobutsuen”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

43.04902° or 43° 2′ 57″ north

Longitude

141.30624° or 141° 18′ 23″ east

Elevation

64 metres (210 feet)

Open location code

8RM328X4+JF

GeoNames ID

11999174

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In Other Languages

“Maruyama Dōbutsuen” goes by many names.

Japanese: “まるやまどうぶつえん”
Japanese: “マルヤマドウブツエン”
Japanese: “円山動物園”

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