We want to show people how important close contact and appreciation of nature is.
Various environmental education programs will be offered to promote visitors' awareness of the importance of life and the natural environment through the plants and animals they see. They will be encouraged to take steps to protect the environment.
We will make forthright statements about ecology and the situations affecting endangered species in our times. We will also provide opportunities to learn the nature of various habitats and the culture of countries and regions where they live, by providing background information about the plants and animals we display.
New educational programs will be created to keep up with the varied interests of our visitors, while giving due consideration to the welfare of the animals.
The display in the Front Greenhouse (an Important Cultural Property) will be updated, and it will allow visitors to compare the morphologies of tropical plants through enjoyable up-close observation. The Western-style garden will be renovated to include a display that shows the ecological characteristics of aquatic life. It will be used as a source of teaching material for the environmental education program.
The audio guide will be further improved so that visitors can hear about the plants and animals being displayed, while they take a tour enhanced with spoken explanations.
In cooperation with other zoos, botanical gardens and educational institutions, we will be collecting basic information about plants and animals, improving the handling, feeding and cultivating techniques appropriate for our plants and animals, and studying how to preserve a variety of living species.
We will continue to investigate the diaries of Keisuke Ito, Japan's first doctor of science, who came from Nagoya, and disseminate information about his achievements in Japan in the field of botany, taking advantage of the various materials we have in our possession.
Tiu medaka (Oryzias soerotoi)
In cooperation with zoos in Japan and abroad and with the Ministry of the Environment, we will continue to study how to improve the techniques of handling, feeding and breeding animals and will work hard to obtain and breed rare animals.
We will come to grips with issues related to the preservation of the clouded salamander (Hynobius nebulosus) and the Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia) which inhabit the forests of Higashiyama.
We will continue to make efforts to promote the preservation of plants indigenous to the Tokai region, the ex-situ conservation of indigenous species in Japan and abroad, and the preservation and display of Japan's rare wild plants, such as the Amami holly fern (Polystichum obai), Nagami lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus acuminatus) and orchid foundation stocks.
Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana Decne)
Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
The renovation of the following facilities has been completed in the 2nd-term period (2015 - 2019) of the Renovation Plan:
We want to show people how important close contact and appreciation of nature is.
In addition to continuing to implement various programs, we will consider holding more advanced courses.
The exhibition at the Animal Hall will be renovated and used as a base facility for environmental education.
After the completion of preservation and repair, the exhibition of plant morphology and adaptation to the environment will be enhanced at the Important Cultural Property Greenhouse Front Building, and it will also be used as a place for environmental education.
We will continue to promote joint research with collaborating universities and expand the target species of research.
We will conduct a physiological survey aiming at the breeding of the second offspring of Asian elephants.
Keisuke Ito's diary decoding research will be further promoted to enhance the exhibition contents of the Botanical Hall.
Tiu medaka (Oryzias soerotoi)
We will work on breeding gorillas and chimpanzees, as well as rare Japanese species such as Tsushima leopard cat and deepbody bitterling, along with the maintenance of forests in Africa.
While continuing to work on the conservation of endemic plant species in the Tokai region, we will focus on ex situ conservation of endemic species in other regions of Japan and conservation of the original species.
Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana Decne)
Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
Introducing the main facilities constructed in the first phase.