Elephant locations in Japan

62 locations has kept elephants in Japan

There is presently 96 (22,71) living elephants in locations in Japan in this database

Japan
Region:	Japan is in this database included in asia
Location holdings:	62 locations has kept 196 elephants in Japan (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	96 (22,71) living 100 (24,69) dead

1939: At the beginning of WW2 there was about 20 elephants in Japan.
1945: Only two elephants survived the war.
2009: 12 African elephants were born in Japan so far, in five different zoos:
Gunma, Hyogo, Tokyo (Tama), Iwate and Ehime.
2009: The Asian population at December 31 was 14.50 = 64 asian elephants.
2013-02-29: At present there are 73 Asian elephants at 37 facilities in Japan. Of these, 8 elephants are from Sri Lanka.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Japan. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2024) available online retrieved 2024-11-21 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Japan.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS IN JAPAN: CENSUS AND HISTORY, by Kako Y. Yonetani, available online at https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1114&context=elephant&fbclid=IwAR0VyyZ3nkLRaPIAchBApElPriQekh4KWfl39-X-yWR4kx1OJsvnqaWyLZE

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in Japan (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
Akita Omoriyama Zoo (private) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Akita (map) Akita
Beppu Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Beppu
Chiba Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Chiba, Chiba Prefecture
Fuji Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 5 present (1,2)	1 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Susono Shizuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 3 present (0,3)	0 births	0 relocated	3 deaths	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Fukuyama Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Fukuyama, Hiroshima (map)
Gunma Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	4 births	1 relocated	8 deaths	Gunma
Hamamatsu Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Hamamatsu (map)
Hanayashiki Park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Tokyo
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens (zoo) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 4 present (1,3)	1 births	0 relocated	5 deaths	Chikusa-ku, Nagoya (map)
Himeji Central Park Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 8 elephants	, 4 present (0,4)	1 births	3 relocated	1 deaths	Himeji
Himeji Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Himeji (map)
Hiroshima City Zoo (Asa Zoological Park) (zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	3 deaths	Hiroshima
Hitachi Kamine Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture
Ichihara Elephant Kingdom (zoo) Kept totally 21 elephants	, 9 present (2,7)	6 births	4 relocated	8 deaths	Ichihara, Chiba (map)
Inokashira Park Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Mitaka city, Tokyo
Iwate Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Ichinoseki Iwate
Japan Travelling Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths
Kagoshima Hirakawa Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Kagoshima, Kagoshima
Kinoshita Circus (circus) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Kiryu Oka Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Kiryu, Gunma
Kitakyushu Municipal Hibiki Dobutsu World (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Kitakyushu, Kyushu
Kobe Oiji Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	3 births	2 relocated	5 deaths	Kobe (map)Hyōgo Prefecture Kansai region, Honshu
Kofu City Yuki Park Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	10-1 Otamachi Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture (map)
Kumamoto Zoo (Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens) (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Kumamoto
Kyoto Municipal Zoo (Okazaki Park) (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 5 present (1,4)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Kyoto City
Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	3 deaths	Tannowa (map)
Morioka Zoological Park (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	1 births	0 relocated	3 deaths	Iwate (map)
Nagano Chausuyama Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Nagano (map)Nagano
Nara Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Nara, Nara Prefecture, Kansai
Nasu World Monkey Park (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Nasu Tochigi
New Reoma World amusement park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Kagawa
Nishinoda African safari (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Nishinomiya Hanshin Park Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Nishinomiya
Nomi Ishikawa Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Ishikawa (map)
Obihiro Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Obihiro, Tokachi, Hokkaidō
Odawara Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Odawara, Kanagawa
Okayama Ikeda Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Chūgok
Okazaki Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Oyamada (map)Kakemachi
Okinawa Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	1 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	(map)
Osaka Tennoji Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	3 deaths	Osaka, Kansai
Sapporo Maruyama Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 5 present (1,3)	1 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Sapporo
Sasebo Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Sasebo City
Selcohome Zoo Paradise Yagiyama (zoo) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	0 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	Sendai Miyagi Prefecture, T?hoku
Shirahama Zoo Adventure World (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Shirahama, Wakayama
Shizuoka Nihondaira Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Shizuoka, Shizuoka
Subaru Park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Hokkaido
Takarazuka Zoo and Family Land (zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	4 deaths	Takarazuka, Kansai
Tama Zoological Park (zoo) Kept totally 11 elephants	, 5 present (3,2)	2 births	2 relocated	4 deaths	Tokyo (map)
Tobe Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 3 present (0,3)	5 births	1 relocated	5 deaths	Tobe (map)Ehime Prefecture, Tyo district
Tohoko Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Nihonmatsu Fukushima
Tokugawa Yoshimune (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Tokyo (edo)
Tokushima Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Tokushima (map)
Tokuyama Municipal Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Shûnan, Yamaguchi
Tokyo Harbour (seaport) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Tokyo (map)Koto City Ariake
Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	3 births	1 relocated	4 deaths	Toyohashi
Tsukioka Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Tsukioka Niigata Prefecture
Ueno Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 18 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	2 births	5 relocated	10 deaths	Tokyo (map)Ueno district
Utsunomiya Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Utsunomiya, Tochigi (map)
Yamaguchi Safariland (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Yamaguchi
Yokohama Kanazawa Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Yokohama
Yokohama Zoo (Zoorasia) (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Yokohama

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