Beautiful illumination at Tobu Zoo

Today is Tobu Day. The Tobu Group are most famous for their railway, Tobu Railway, but they actually run several different enterprises. Among them Tobu Zoo, which also has an amusement park creating a hybrid park. Each year in winter they have illumination at the park, both on the zoo side and the amusement park side.

The Tobu Zoo illumination is currently the largest illumination held in Saitama Prefecture annually. Seibu Amusement Park's was the largest for years, but just before the pandemic they closed for renovations and ever since they reopened they have a much smaller illumination display. That may change in the future.

Last year, we visited the illumination for the first time in years. I really liked it and my children loved going on the amusement rides at night. The winter of 2025 / 2026 illumination will be starting soon. The dates are from Saturday the 1st of November 2025 until public holiday February 23rd 2026. However, for much of that period the illumination is only on weekends and public holidays. For most of December though it is on daily. 

Have you been to Tobu Zoo before? Have you seen the illumination there? More information about the zoo, with more photos, address and other details, on City-cost here.