It’s not a place to go if you are an animal lover it’s awful conditions for the Foxes

I don’t know for sure but must be— Zao is the name for the mountain/mountain chain If you are there anyway, I would certainly visit the foxes

There are no lockers in the zoo

Hi, just tryin to help here. I think with some attraction in Japan, you have better luck with some help from local. So, in my case, i ask the hotel i stayed to contact them. In the "English" version, the telephone number/email usually in our case, cannot be contacted or did not get any reply. The hotel staff searched for the japanese version, and viola ! Finally i got the information i wanted, and for me, it works every time, when searching for bus route (local route) or asking for operating hours that did not existed in the web, every time it works.

I think there's a public bus on Friday, but if you insist going on Sat, like us, you must spend some time searching for someone going the same way. For us, we had no luck, and ended up paying "the expensive cab" :(

I dont know if you can play with them with rain but i imagine that they would still allow it as it rains a bunch there. Also its all outside and open so no cover except the feeding area and gift store. Just remember that its an at your caution place not an American petting zoo. Fun and interesting place and enjoyed the sights and sounds of them all.

I went in April and was not allowed to.