Not Going to the Zoo...Repeatedly

On our recent family trip to Nagoya, we made a strong attempt to make it out to Higashiyama Zoo, which takes a significant half hour or so on the train to get to from the area where we were staying.



I do love that the station closest to the zoo had excellent zoo themed decorations. It turned out to be the closest we would get to any zoo animal for the duration of the trip.

We raced up the stairs and out through the heat and humidity only to see a sign from the distance indicating the zoo was closed. As it turns out, it is always closed on Mondays and it was Monday.

We would later race back to the zoo in a rental car, hoping we would still have enough time to enjoy it on our last day in the area, only to find that of course they were closing early that day and had already closed off every single parking lot several hours before their normal closing time.

I suppose we just weren't meant to see those animals this time.