Nana, the oldest polar bear in Japan and a popular zoo in Sendai, died on the 24th.
A flower stand was set up at the zoo on the 26th, and many people are reluctant to say goodbye.
The female polar bear "Nana", which was bred at "Yagiyama Zoological Park Fujisaki no Mori" in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, was 36 years old, which is over 100 years old in humans. According to the zoo, it was the oldest polar bear in Japan. I started to feel sick from last summer and died on the 24th.
On the 26th, the zoo set up a flower stand in the viewing passage of polar bears, and many people visited and spared goodbye.
"Thank you Nana" is written on the flower stand, and flowers from inside and outside the prefecture, sweet potatoes that Nana likes, and apples are offered.
A message note was also prepared, and the visitors wrote, "Please play slowly in the ice field of heaven," and joined hands.
A woman in her 60s in Sendai said, "I remember playing on the snow and swimming dynamically. When I saw Nana, I was able to think that I would do my best, and it was my support." I was talking with a floating.
Tamaki Uenishi, chief of the breeding and exhibition section of the zoo, said, "Not only is it cute, but the oldest person in Japan who is doing his best is a big presence for the zoo. I was talking.
The flower stand has been set up for about two weeks from the 26th.