I went to "Squirrel Village", a squirrel 's zoo on which hungry squirrels jumped

A lot of cats settled down "Qingdao"And rabbit paradise"Okunoshima"A bar in the city center where you can drink and penguins"BAR with penguins"There are many spots that can interact with animals, but the world's unusual rice only zoo is"Squirrel"is. Personally familiar squirrels squirrel 's coming to me saying "Esa gave me a me" is realistic because it turned out to be outstanding destructive just by imagining, so I actually played with a squirrel.

Kifu Kanehama squirrel village - Kinka mountain ropeway
http://www.kinkazan.co.jp/riro.html

Actually squirrels in squirrel village give foods like this and a lot of squirrels cling to arms and body to Pyon Pyeong to eat food.

When you feed foods to squirrels of "squirrel village" Like this - YouTube


"Squirrel Village" is near the summit of Kinka Mountain in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, so you can easily see the view of Gifu city by taking a ropeway and it is profitable.


Ropeway to the summit of Kin Hwa ShanGifu ParkIt is inside.


Signs written as "Ropeway Terminal" in the park are everywhere, so if you go on dependently on this ... ...


Arrived at the cable car. At the ropeway it is possible to move all the way to the summit of Kanghua, but at the summit there is a famous castle where Oda Nobunaga took the first step towards Tenkashita Takeshi in addition to the village of SquirrelGifu CastleThere is also a mountaintop restaurant "Ponchel" that overlooks the city of Gifu.


On the wall of the ropeway's standFC GifuI found an emblem of.


When entering the train station, a ticket for a ropeway can be purchased at a ticket vending machine and a ticket sale. The fare is 1080 yen for adult roundtrips, and the dwarf from 4 years old to elementary school students is 540 yen for round trip.


The departure time of the ropeway from Yamashita station is as follows, on weekdays from 15:00 at 8:00 to 18:00, at 10 minutes interval on Sundays and holidays the ropeway leaves. Please note that it will be scheduled to operate a night flight after 18 o'clock on July 18th, so the detailed opening hours areCoco KaraIt is good to check it.


That's why I purchased a ticket. Pictured on the ticket is the castle town that was changed to the "Gifu castle" whose castle name was called "Gifu" and "Inaba mountain castle" which was called "Noi mouth" by Oda Nobunaga The state of.


I bought a ticket and I moved to the ropeway.


An announcement will be broadcasted a few minutes before the departure of the ropeway and you will be able to pass through the ticket gate. When you give out a ticket by ticket gate, it cuts the edge of the pachi coupon with the old-fashioned ticket gauge shears.


Then climb the stairs and get on the ropeway.


You can tell what kind of scenery you can see from Kin-Hwa Ropeway by seeing the following movie. Although the shooting date was unfortunately cloudy, I could see the city in Gifu spreading at the foot of the city and I can see the Nagaragawa Stadium, the home stadium of FC Gifu and the Nagara River flowing through the city firmly.

The scenery from Kinkazan ropeway looks something like this - YouTube


I arrived at the summit station like this.


It is this kind of cable car that got on.


When I left the summit station, I found squirrel village right in front of my eyes. It looks like a hut rather than a village, and 200 yen is required as an entry fee. In addition, one child for 3 years old will be free for one adult. The business hours of Squirrel village are from 9:30 to 16:30, and the final entrance time is 16:15.


If you pay 200 yen for entrance fee, you can get gloves and admission card. Gloves are intended to keep your hands from hurting when feeding foods to squirrels, so let's firmly install them.


That's why I entered the village immediately.


In the village of Squirrel like this, it seems that we are breeding about 60 Taiwanrises in the village now. The breeding Taiwanris has been held mainly in Gifu Park in 1964Leap forward Japan Exposition"It is a descendant of Taiwanris who brought in for the spectacle to run away to Kinka and wild. In addition, the village of Squirrel was the first Japanese-only zoo of squirrels that opened in 1980. Since it has a roof, it can play with squirrels even on rainy days.


When entering the village it is possible to get a squirrel food (corn powder) from a staff member. In squirrel village it is prohibited to give squirrels other than foods received from staff to do squirrel physical condition, so we need to cherish this food carefully to the squirrels. The weather was bad on the day I visited and the number of tourists visiting Squirrel was small, so at the moment the clerk picked up the food, the squirrels crowded towards food all at once.


If you put the corn powder got from the agent in this way on the glove and bring it close to the squirrel ......


Squirrels will come to eat food.


Sometimes squirrels seeking for juice jumps on arms and bodies and jumps on them, so you need to avoid hurrying and grabbing squirrels by hand. As the number of people visiting Squirrel village is small, the squirrels become less hungry because less opportunities to get food, so if you smell of food, you jump on arms and shoulders and ride I will come.


Everyone shares foods as they get along.


Squirrel that I noticed here was trying to climb the steps. It is also a moment of thinking that stopping movement and gazing at this stare gently is adorable and thinks "Coats, a blind eye".


Coming closer to the nose ... ...


I'm gonna cling to the hands with 'Feeding me!' On hand. Beyond imagination the squirrels are aggressive, so it may be a bit surprising when entering Squirrel for the first time.


Squirrels have gathered like this when walking in squirrel village with food on the palm.

When you feed foods to squirrels of "squirrel village" Like this - YouTube


Squirrels coming closer to us when we put out a hand carrying food.


And caught in a hand and pushed the food. I will not quite get away as I hold my gloves tightly with the claws on my feet.


However, as soon as the food is gone, you will be headed for a puff and a tail.


This is also a squirrel that has come to me for food. If you have a nose good or a little closer approaching, you will stop looking at this starer so you can not afford to give it up.


Squirrel who stares at this with a revolving eyes. As the eyes meet each other, they definitely will be feeding me for food, so the squirrels in the village feel pretty smart.


Here is a squirrel that feeds on food. It is very cute and I will not stop when I go out with two feet standing with my feet and feeding me.


You can see the state of a squirrel who stands with two legs and feeds on the following movies.

Squirrel who stands two legs looking for food - YouTube


Cancun comes and comes and uses a lingerie tongue to eat food.


It was discovered in a squirrel when walking around a village inside a village ......


Climb the handrail and ...


I have lost my hand at hand. It seems that squirrels are decreasing hunger when the number of tourists visiting squirrels is small or in early morning squirrels are going to be hungry, and if you go around the village with foods, a lot of horserrick squirrels will come clustered is.



A squirrel clinging to the handrail. What is he doing ......?


There are signs in the village that introduce various sorts of squirrels. Although it is not written here, the size of Taiwanris of Lithu village is about 40 cm in length (inside, the tail is 20 cm), and the size was bigger than the imagination.


Squirrel assimilate with the landscape.


A dubious squirrel that snaps a square bracket.


A whole fat squirrel. The lifespan of squirrel is about 10 to 15 years and it seems that she will have babies in spring and autumn twice a year. The newborn baby squirrel is about 6 cm in length, about 6 months old and adult with a body length of 40 cm.


As you observe squirrels in the village, squirrels are hardened more than one like cats and rabbits, so that they do not sleep well with each other's skin, so it is not likely that other solids will be threatened or escape There were a lot of things to do.


In the village there is a nest which is the bed of the squirrels.


It seems that the cotton of this Mokomoko is spread in the nest. When I visited Squirrel Village, I was just hanging out cotton, but there was a squirrel wrapped in cotton that was just one and sleeping.


Basically like this hanging on wire mesh etc ......


It seems to take a nap with branches and thin scaffolds.


Nap part 2


Nap part 3


Nap part 4


Group Suyaya


Taiwanris comes


Potton in the net.


Four squirrels are growing on the legs of the squirrel.


I will climb this high place even with these 4 fingers for dexterity.


I feel like I'm about to fly to my arms.


An innovative pose.


Put on gloves.


There are four kinds of cry of Taiwanris. When I visited, occasionally I heard a big cry called "ketaketaketa" from nowhere, but I did not notice that this was the squirrel of a squirrel until I told the clerk. It was a pretty big cry with a squeal that was somewhat contrary to the appearance of a squirrel.


The upper part of the outer net has a structure like being turned over in a wrapped and semicircular shape, but this seems to be a structure called "Semi-circle squirrel (squirrel slip)" to prevent squirrels in the village from escaping outside .


A squirrel licking licking foods on gloves.



Discovery of Nisele.


A squirrel who became a ball.


It seems that it has been found again.


So I was able to play with squirrels so much so I left squirrel village. Since there is a glove compartment where I left the exit, I will return the gloves used here OK.


Furthermore, if you leave the village of Squirre and climb the stairs soon ... ...


I will arrive at Gifu Castle.


Besides, there is a mountaintop restaurant "Ponchel" near the summit station.


The view from the rooftop restaurant is exceptional, so it is not bad to eat while overlooking Gifu city from here on a sunny day.



This time, it was supposed to visit Squirrel during the weather where rain falls or ceases, but because it was such weather, more than 1,000 tourists visited day by day in GW There were few tourists coming to squirrel village. Thanks to that, the squirrels are in a hungry state, and as they approached with feeding, they jumped and came to greedily eat food until climbing. On a day with many tourists, it seems that they will withdraw to their nests or take a nap when their stomach is full, so if you want to "actively interact with squirrels", it is better to aim for early morning hours .

Squirrels are animals that you do not usually see much compared to dogs and cats, but it seems cute and seems like you're going to feed me, so it's worth a look, so it's not bad to visit when going to Gifu prefecture It is a place.