Maruyama Zoo
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.- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Sapporo Maruyama Zoo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maruyama Park and Maruyama Baseball Stadium.
Maruyama Park
Park
Photo: t-konno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 320 metres northeast of Maruyama Zoo.
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 370 metres north of Maruyama Zoo.
Hokkaido Jingu Shrine
Shinto shrine
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The Hokkaidō Shrine, named the Sapporo Shrine until 1964, is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Sited in Maruyama Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Hokkaido Shrine enshrines four kami including the soul of the Emperor Meiji. Hokkaido Jingu Shrine is situated 680 metres north of Maruyama Zoo.
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 Zoo.
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 Zoo.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
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 Zoo.
Maruyama Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Circuit, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.04885° or 43° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
141.30629° or 141° 18′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8RM328X4+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 145220677OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q7421103
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Maruyama Zoo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “札幌市圓山動物園”
- German: “Sapporo-Maruyama-Zoo”
- Japanese: “円山動物園”
- Japanese: “札幌市円山動物園”
- Russian: “Зоопарк”
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