We all met at Shimoda on Saturday morning and then travelled up to 'Izu Animal Kingdom', a zoo with a fun park north of Shimoda.
This is Ako-chan the parrot. You can hear her say 'konnichiwa' ('hello'), 'nani' ('what') and 'samui' ('its cold').
Three lions - 2 females on the platform and a male resting in the grass.
The star exhibit was the white tigers.
I also enjoyed watching these little yappy dogs protecting their owners from the scary giraffes
But by far the biggest highlight for Hannah and I was being able to play with an armadillo. The previous month we had enjoyed watching armadillo videos together on U-Tube. So this was a 'dream come true'.
