Hardcore panda fans!

Earlier in the week I shared the information about how to see the last two remaining panda in Japan before they are sent back to China at the end of January 2026. Once they go back, there will be nowhere left to see pandas in Japan.

There is a firm agreement with China, for every country that was lent panda, that all pandas belong to China. Even those that were born in another country, as in the case of the last two panda in Japan. They were born in Ueno zoo. As I wrote in the original post, from the 23rd (which is this coming Tuesday) only people who secured an online booking can see the panda.

With that knowledge, people who were unable to get a booking, turned up in force today for a quick glance of the panda. Currently you are not allowed stop, except briefly, to look at / photograph the panda. They are only allowing a quick walk through, dozens of people at a time, to try and facilitate the hundreds of people who turned up. People waited for four hours today, Saturday December 20th, for a one minute visit with the panda. You would want to be a hardcore panda fan to endure that wait! 

Would you queue that long just to see a panda!?