Popo-chan

Now, let me show you things in the Glasshouse !
First, you will get surprised to be welcomed by owls out of the cage. Here, let me introduce the most famous owl, I believe, in Japan ! Here comes Popo-chan !! Looks large ? No, he is very tiny. You will see if you put him on your hand.＾＾ What attracts us about him is his transformation act. Though he looks fluffy as a cotton ball, once he gets cautious about something, he shrinks himself to become just like a wooden stick. Various TVs and magazines featured Popo-chan many times and now we can’t talk Kachoen without him. If you are lucky enough, you may see him becoming like a stick.＾＾
Please enjoy some pictures before I open the next door.

Next room would remind you of the paradise of tropical islands. Small birds, actually quite big for a bird, flies to and fro, looking for someone to feed them. A pair of bird caught my eyes. I wondered if they had been married as they never stopped cuddling each other.

This Glasshouse is divided into four rooms, excluding the Buffet, and this room is the largest with 3 artificial pools, full of Water Lilies and other unique plants. You can find tiny and beautiful tropical fishes in the water. I could show you all of them through pictures but maybe I should leave most of them for your pleasure for the time you come. ＾＾ｖ

Koba-chan,

Opening the next door, actually in the third room, I was welcomed by a large peacock proudly on the highest position and my favorite parrot, “Cacatua sulphurea” !. He likes to be caressed. When I walked to him, he stepped down from the perch and hopped to me to rub his cheek against the cage as if saying “Play with me !”. Of cause I did. So adorable that I almost took him away.＾＾；

The last room is “Waterfowl Handling Zone”. Water birds such as flamingos and toucans live naturally with other birds. I wonder, though birds can exist together, why we human beings can’t accept each other. This is the very thing that a staff for my interview told me.

She said:
Our policy is the “life”. Not only we people but flowers, animals including birds and even the disabled have equal rights to live equally in this world. We think much of this fact and try to accept customers from schools for disabled children, hospitals or nursing homes. As Kachoen is designed almost barrier-free, even a man on the wheel-chair or even on the gurney can enjoy here very much. Remember ? If you are on the stretcher bed and have to keep your face up, what can you see ? Yes, the endless flowers ! Not the ceiling. We can serve nutritionally balanced chopped and shredded meal for patients. Liquid meal is also available for the prior requesting. In the first-aid room, you can change diapers for a senior.
You know, flowers enable us to see all people with warm eyes.

I was very impressed. At the same time, very proud of her living in the same world.
When you visit Kakegawa Kachoen, please enjoy not only flowers and birds but also the concept and feeling of all staffs working there.
By the way, their guidebook includes English description. Be sure to get it before passing through the main gate.＾＾

Good days !＾＾

Kakegawa Kachoen
Access
From JR Kakegawa Station ： 10 minutes on foot (or 2 minutes by taxi)
Admission ： ¥1,050／adults, ¥525／Children under 12
Opened ： Every day from 9:00 – 17:00 ( Please enter by 16:30 )

“Shizuoka Guide” is our official English website for sightseeing, always with you ! ＾＾