At a theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, many fans have been visiting since the morning to bid farewell to the three giant pandas that will be returned to China on the 22nd.
Of the seven giant pandas kept at Adventure World, a theme park in Shirahama Town, 30-year-old male "Eimei" and 8-year-old female twins "Sakurahama" and "Momohama" were born on the 22nd. They will leave Japan and return to China.
On the 21st, the last viewing day, many fans and parents and children visited the panda exhibition facility at the same time as the park opened, and took pictures of Eimei eating bamboo and Momohama walking slowly.
In order to avoid congestion, 40 people take turns every 3 minutes, but at 10:30 am, there was a 2-hour queue.
A couple in their 40s from Hyogo Prefecture said, "It was cute eating bamboo. I'm sorry to hear that today is the last time."
A 21-year-old woman from Hyogo Prefecture said, ``I came to say goodbye to the three of them on the last day of the show. I want you to become active," he said.
A ceremony to see off the pandas will be held from 4:00 pm on the 21st, and the three will move to Sichuan Province, China with the keepers on the 22nd.