Satsukiyama Zoo

Satsukiyama Zoo
Satsukiyama Zoo
	34°49′49″N 135°25′31″E / 34.8304°N 135.4254°E
Date opened	April 1957
Location	5-33, 2-chome, Ayaha, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Memberships	JAZA
Website	www.satsukiyamazoo.com (in Japanese)

Satsukiyama Zoo (五月山動物園) is located at Satsukiyama Park, at the base of Mount Satsuki in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. The zoo opened in April, 1957. The zoo is the municipal zoo of Ikeda.

The zoo is the second smallest zoo (3000 m²) in all zoos belonging to Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA).

Wombats

In 1992, wombats were successfully bred at the zoo, which was the first time outside of Australia.^[2]

Keeper Girls is a female idol music group created in August 2015. The group belongs to the zoo.^[3]

a 15-minute walk from Ikeda Station on the Takarazuka Main Line of Hankyu Railway.

^ "日本動物園水族館協会近畿の動物園" [Zoos in Kinki region, Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-10-28.
^ "池田市ホームページローカルアカデミーいけだウォンバット塾について" [About local academy "Ikeda wombat juku", Ikeda city website] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-10-28.
^ "Koho Ikeda (public relations magazine of Ikeda), Oct 2015, 2-4" (PDF) (in Japanese). 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-27.

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