Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu Filming Locations
Where was Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu filmed? Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu was filmed in 4 locations across Japan in the following places:
Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu Filming Locations
Asahikawa is a city on northern Japan's Hokkaido island. To the east, a cable car runs up Mount Asahi, location of the Asahiyama Zoo with its polar bears, penguins and orangutans. Closer to the center, restaurants in the Asahikawa Ramen Village offer the city's signature soy sauce–based noodle soup. Malls line the pedestrianized shopping street of Kaimono Koen, stretching north from Asahikawa train station.
Mito is the capital of Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture. Cutting through the city, the Sakuragawa River is lined with cherry trees. Near Senba Lake, Kairakuen Garden has thousands of plum trees and azaleas. Mito’s old town is home to the Kodokan, a restored 19th-century school, and the ruins of the 12th-century Mito Castle. Art Tower Mito is a striking cultural center with a concert hall, theater and art gallery.
Osaka is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food. The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It's surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines.
Toyohashi is a city in central Japan. The vast Non Hoi Park encompasses a botanical garden, zoo and natural history museum. North, the grounds of Yoshida Castle are known for spring cherry blossoms. The nearby Urigo Ruins are reconstructed dwellings dating from 200 CE. Futagawa Syuku Honjin Museum was once an inn on the Edo-era Tokaido Road. Boardwalks cross the wetlands of Imo Bog, home to native and rare plants.
Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu (2008)
Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of Behavioral Exhibition, a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.