Ueno Zoo

This was our first no basketball or other activities weekend in a long long time. So we decided to go out to the Ueno Zoo. It is the zoo famous for pandas and I think it is the only zoo in the city of Tokyo. It is about a 35 minutes train ride from our station. We saw elephants and tigers and gorillas. Oh my!



We watched a male bear hog the fish to himself and growl loudly whenever the female bear tried to come near. We also watched the female bear work really hard from many different angles to get a piece of the fish for herself. And she did!
We learned that baby seals obey their mothers! This baby seal was playing with a piece of wood in a small hidden area. He came over and began playing in front of us and interacting a bit with the crowd. The mother was on the other side of the tank and gave him a warning bark. She then came over and barked at all of us and then at the baby who went back to his area. A few minutes later he came back out. This time she barked at him once from across the tank and he went directly back and didn't come out again!! I love object lessons! Even baby seals obey their mothers!!





Kie said the nikuman (meat-filled bun) was the best she ever had. She is our nikuman connoisseur! So it must be good!


These are my favorite animals! Now if I could only get them to be less like the bears and more like the baby seal!