Kyoto · Fun

Best Zoo & Aquarium in Kyoto

3 places, each checked by our team.

• Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama 嵐山モンキーパークいわたやまArashiyama — A 20-minute hike up Mt. Arashiyama to a hilltop clearing where about 120 wild Japanese macaques roam freely, and you feed them from inside a caged…
• Kyoto Aquarium 京都水族館Umekoji — An inland aquarium beside Kyoto Station focused on rivers and the Kyoto coast, with giant salamanders, a penguin colony whose relationship chart…
• Kyoto City Zoo 京都市動物園Okazaki — Japan's second-oldest zoo, a compact and affordable family stop in Okazaki with gorillas, giraffes, elephants and a "Forest of Kyoto" area of native…