Inokashira Park Zoo in Japan


Inokashira Park Zoo
Typezoo
Address Gotenyama 1-chōme
Place Mitaka city, Tokyo
Country Japan
Website Website
Related persons
Owner
Directors
Key People
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants		 -1991: Seizo Yamakawa
(elephant head-keeper)
1991: Koji Yamakawa
(elephant head-keeper)
Elephant keepers -1960: Masaki Saito (elephant keeper)
-: Kanai Kinsaku (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-04-01: links, source for accidents
Latest document update2025-04-01 05:57:03
Description

Inokashira Park Zoo, located at Gotenyama 1-chōme, in Mitaka city, Tokyo, Japan .

Casualties

2 casualties
  1. 1956-06-13: visitor Chuhi Igosawa fatal attack by Hanako. Officials surmised that the man climbed into the compound after the zoo closed, "to have some fun". The animal apparently trampled her tormentor, then stripped of his clothes with her trunk. † Chuhi Igosawa Died 1956-06-13, Inokashira Park Zoo, Mitaka city, Tokyo. The nude and battered body of the teaser, 45 year old Chuhi Igosawa, was found today in a ditch inside the young elephants compound.
  2. 1960-04: elephant keeper Masaki Saito fatal accident by Hanako. Hanako's keeper, 53 year old Masaki Saito, was caught in her chains and she accidentally trampled him to death. † Masaki Saito Died 1960-04, Inokashira Park Zoo, Mitaka city, Tokyo.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Inokashira Park Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1395. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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