Tennōji Zoo

Tennoji Zoo
天王寺動物園
Savannah Zone
34°39′09″N 135°30′31″E / 34.652556°N 135.508496°E / 34.652556; 135.508496
Date openedJanuary 1, 1915
LocationTennoji Park, 1-108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan
No. of species230 (as of 2008)
Public transit accessJR West:
at Tennōji
Osaka Metro:
at Dōbutsuen-mae
at Ebisuchō
Websitewww.tennojizoo.jp (in Japanese)

Tennōji Zoo (天王寺動物園) is a 11-hectare (27-acre) zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan.