It has been over two months since I last updated my blog.
I am back in Japan now, and today I went to Adventure World
Shirahama.
This is the entrance of AWS.
There are panda statues everywhere
which makes me excited even before
seeing the REAL pandas!
They decorated the pandas with
Christmas decorations.
Pandas hanging on Christmas trees.
I should try this too at home!
Eimei （永明） was sleeping in his
outside playground when I arrived.
Eimei is on the left.
"I'm soooo sleepy today.
Well, in fact I'm sleepy everyday around this time. "
He must have eaten a lot before I arrived this morning.
"Leave me alone. I need some privacy!"
In a few hours, Eimei woke up and asked the keepers for
bamboo. He was waiting by the door for a while, sometimes
watching me. "Can I have something to eat??"
Eimei closed his eyes to enjoy his bamboo.
"Hahaha, Yummy!!"
He has a long nose and mickey mouse ears
as usual. He is adorable.
Eimei is 19 years old, and he is still very strong and healthy.
He walks around a lot to keep fit.
Rauhin（良浜）, the mother of the 2010 born twins
was smelling her feet in her inside encosure.
"Do I smell? Am I alright?"
Aihin（愛浜） was in her inside enclosure
in the afternoon. She seemed so happy
with her bamboo all around her which
looks like a long skirt.
Aihin has a cute round face.
I love it when pandas close their eyes
to enjoy their food.
Meihin（梅浜） and Eihin（永浜） in their outside playground
in the afternoon. Meihin on the left and Eihin on the right.
All the girls in AWS have round faces.
This is Meihin（梅浜）, female.
And all the boys have a long nose
just like their father Eimei.
This is Eihin（永浜）, male.
Kaihin（海浜） and Youhin（陽浜）, the twins
born in 2010 have grown so big in the past few months.
I came to AWS in October, but today
they looked so huge! It reminds me of how big
ErXi must have grown in Chengdu Panda Base
while I am away...
Kaihin drinks his milk very quickly
so that he could have some of Youhin's.
Kaihin.
"Awwww, I can almost reach the window"
"Maybe I could get out of here if I try hard"
"Ohhh no, I can't go out today. Maybe one day."
Youhin takes her time on her milk,
just like Ryuhin (Longbang) in Chengdu Panda Base.
She enjoyed the moment of satisfaction.
In the evening, Kaihin and Youhin were called to go
to their inside enclosure. They pretended they were sleeping
and the keeper took time so that they come down from the
wooden play equipment on their own.
Kaihin and Youhin playing on the wooden equipment
after they finally came inside.
This year they have artificial snow in their inside enclosure.
Kaihin and Youhin are very excited with this new toy.
They roll around and sometimes taste the white fluffy snow.
Kaihin
"This is really cold!! What should I do with it?"
Youhin
"I love rolling around in snow!!"
Youhin can even make a small snow ball.
I will go to AWS again tomorrow and then head back to
Tokyo in the evening.
I hope it's not so cold as it was today.
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara
