The Hiroshima International Women's Club – HIWC - is planning a trip to Hiroshima Asa Zoo, which celebrated its 40th anniversary on September 1st, 2011. Asa Zoo has about 170 kinds of animals from common ones like the giraffe and lion, to rare animals such as a giant salamander called Andrias. Their study of Andrias' life in captivity has been of high value academically among zoological gardens around the world. Their black rhinoceros named HANA has bred ten babies at the zoo to date. Ten babies in captivity is a record number for zoos around the world.

HIWC would like to cordially invite HIWC families to join our special excursion to the zoo. As part of our tour through the zoo we will visit the kitchen for the rhinoceros and feed HANA. This is a unique and valuable experience for participating children. The Tour will be conducted in both English and Japanese. If you have any special requests on what to see and what to do, please let us know. The zoo will do its best to accommodate our requests as much as safety and time permit.