力力 Li Li and 真真 Shin Shin that
arrived from BiFengXia Panda Base
have made their public debut
at Ueno Zoo. It has been 3 years
since the last Panda Lin Lin
died at Ueno Zoo.
The schedule of their
public appearance has been
delayed due to the
terrible earthquake that had
occurred in Japan.
According to Mr. Kurotori
at Ueno Zoo, the two Pandas
were restless for a while by
the earthquake, but they had
good appetite and bamboo supply
had been steady all through.
This morning, I arrived at the entrance
before 8am. CCTV China gave me the
great opportunity to go inside with them
before the visitors entered the zoo.
There were already more than thousands of
visitors waiting in a line outside the gate.
This is the outside playground
for Li Li and Shin Shin.
Bamboo had been placed,
waiting for Li Li and Shin Shin
to arrive.
All the media was excited
to see the two Pandas.
This is Li Li 133kg.
He looks very healthy after
39 days of preparation
after his arrival in Japan.
He slowly came to the
outside playground and
started to enjoy bamboo.
He sat by the window,
right near the media people.
He walks around and peaks out
to Shin Shin's playground.
He seems to like Shin Shin very much.
But he is a very shy boy,
and walks behind tree trunks
whenever there are too many
people in front of his playground.
He acts just the same way
as when he was in BiFengXia.
In the afternoon, Li Li and Shin Shin
were moved to the inside enclosure.
Li Li shows off his bamboo to us.
This is Shin Shin 113kg.
She seems to enjoy all the
people watching her with a beautiful round face.
"HAHA, I love Japanese bamboo!"
21,886 people visited Ueno Zoo today,
and many tourists are expected to
come to meet the Pandas.
Beautiful Cherry blossom at Ueno.
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara
