2011年3月15日火曜日

Beautiful Pandas @ Wakayama Adventure World 2011 March 11, 12

On March 11th 2011,
a massive scale earthquake of
magnitude 9.0 occurred off the
Pacific coast of Tohoku area,
and tsunami hit hard along from
Sanriku to Ibaraki coast.


Thanks to everyone who have
tried to contact me to see if
I was safe. Japan is still in the
middle of confusion with threat
of nuclear and all, but the citizens
have effort towards
recovery of the country.
I pray for the people who are
having hard times around the area,
and hope that the terrible disaster
will not happen again.

I was in Wakayama Adventure World
just at the time of the earthquake.
We were lucky that the earthquake
nor tsunami hit this area.
The three Giant Pandas,
永明(Ei Mei),梅梅(Mei Mei)
and  良浜(Rau Hin)
were to be prized from the governor
for the great contribution of
reproduction, and for promoting
Wakayama to the world this day,
and as Pambassador, I was there
to see the special moment.
Unfortunately the event had been
canceled because of the earthquake
and I feel it was the best decision
for everyone involved in the project.
I hope that the Pandas will have another
occasion to meet the governor.

Today I would like to upload some
pictures that I took on March 11 and 12.
I was planning to leave Wakayama
on the 11th, but the plane was
canceled and I had to stay there
for another day.
In the morning I stayed in
my hotel room because there was
an alert for tsunami around the
Wakayama Shirahama area.
In the afternoon I became
worried about the Pandas in
Adventure World, so I decided to
go see them  by myself rather than
staying in my hotel. I hope that
everyone could at least enjoy
the pictures and movies of Pandas at
Adventure World. And to see that
the Pandas here had no effect
from the earthquake.

This is 海浜(Kai Hin) and
陽浜(You Hin) drinking milk
in the morning of March 11.


This is 永明(Ei Mei), eating his
favorite bamboo.
Lying down as usual...
This is one of my favorite
behaviors of Ei Mei.














Compared to the dynamic way
Pandas eat, the way they drink
is very quiet.
They sip water in a calm way.














This is 良浜(Rau Hin) eating bamboo.
Rau Hin has a round cute face.
It is interesting to see that
most of her sons have the
resemblance of their father Ei Mei,
and the daughters have a round
face just like 梅梅(Mei Mei) and Rau Hin.




















The expression on her face
is calm and kind. Is it because
she is happy to be the mother
of beautiful twins?














"I need lots of bamboo
so that I can feed my twins!"
The twins live on their
mother's milk and artificial
panda milk at the moment,
and Rau Hin needs
lots of nutrition to produce
milk every day.














Whenever Rau Hin tries to
concentrate eating,
the twins come to interrupt her.
"Mummy, let's play together!!!"














When Rau Hin is not in the
mood to play with them,
the twins copy their mother
and play with bamboo.
This is 陽浜(You Hin).














"What? Is everyone watching me??"














This is 海浜(Kai Hin) smelling bamboo.
"I don't know why mummy does this,
but I'm copying what my mom does.!














You Hin got bored playing alone,
and she comes to play with Kai Hin.














This is Rau Hin nursing You Hin on March 11.





At the end of the day,
Rau Hin, Kai Hin and You Hin
goes to the back yard.
This is one of the twins saying
"Bye for today!" to us with
a cute face.














明浜(Mei Hin) is alone,
enjoying thick bamboo stem.
As we hear the crunchy
noise of Mei Hin eating,
it makes us feel that
bamboo is so delicious.














He peels the outside
carefully and only eats
the inside.






















































This is 梅浜(Mei Hin)'s
favorite spot. She eats
bamboo on the slide.




















永浜(Ei Hin) smells the
bamboo carefully to make sure
that he chooses the best
and delicious part to eat.









































Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

2011年3月11日金曜日

Beautiful Pandas @ Wakayama Adventure World 2011 March 10

Hello everyone!

Today was my second day
at Wakayama Adventure World.

This morning, I went to see
海浜(Kai Hin) and 陽浜(You Hin) drink milk
from the bottle.This usually starts
from 9:45am everyday.
海浜(Kai Hin) on the right and
陽浜(You Hin) on the left.
They are really getting used to
drinking from bottles.
Just the same as human babies.




















But soon, 陽浜(You Hin) got tired of drinking milk,
and asked the keeper if she could climb the tree.
The keeper kindly took 陽浜(You Hin) to her
favorite tree, while 海浜(Kai Hin) continued drinking
his milk. He seems to love it!

























Everyday, the cub's weight is
written on the board at the Panda Land.
Today 海浜(Kai Hin) was 12,460g
and 陽浜(You Hin) was 13,060g.
They get heavier day by day.

















海浜(Kai Hin) pretends again like
he is eating apples.
These apples are for 良浜(Rau Hin)!
海浜(Kai Hin) doesn't know
how to eat apples yet,
and he drops it on his fluffy tummy.

















He got so confused and
started to rub the apple on his eyes.
"Should I put this in my eyes?
But it hurts!!!"

















This is 良浜(Rau Hin).
She eats a lot of bamboo everyday,
and weighs around 110kg.
A bit overweight, according to the keeper.

















海浜(Kai Hin) and 陽浜(You Hin) are very active,
and they enjoy playing  wrestling everyday.
They do it all morning, and 良浜(Rau Hin) watches
them with a warm heart. Such a wonderful mother!



















良浜(Rau Hin) is so busy
taking care of the naughty twins,
she seldom has time to poo and
this is the picture I took when she did it.
Wooops!

















海浜(Kai Hin) and 陽浜(You Hin)
playing together.
They look like they are one animal,
with heads on both sides!

















They also enjoy the left over bamboo stems
from her mother 良浜(Rau Hin).

















良浜(Rau Hin)
"Be careful not to hurt yourselves!"
海浜(Kai Hin) and 陽浜(You Hin)
"We know, but it's so much fun
rolling around together and biting each other!!"

















Then 海浜(Kai Hin) started to climb the tree.
This is also 陽浜(You Hin)'s favorite tree, and
she also starts to climb after 海浜(Kai Hin).

























The twins stay at their favorite spot together.
After a while, 陽浜(You Hin) punched 海浜(Kai Hin)
and 海浜(Kai Hin) fell off the tree.
It seems that 陽浜(You Hin) is a bit strongrer
than her brother.
Girls are always srtonger than boys!

























This is my dream land, Adventure World.

















This morning when I went outside,
永明(Ei Mei) was sound asleep.

















But when I walked around the
Panda Land and came back,
he was eating bamboo.
He's so tired, he doesn't even want to sit up!
I sometimes wish I could do the same too.
(Which would be so rude.)
Everyone will hate me.
Everyone loves 永明(Ei Mei) do this.
I'm so jealous of him!

















In the afternoon, 永明(Ei Mei) noticed
that the Pambassador was
watching him from a close distance.
"Maybe I should show the Pambassador
that I'm not always lazy. I'm still strong!"

















"See? 18 years old is not old!"
The age 18 for Pandas is like the
50's or 60's for us human.
永明(Ei Mei) is very strong and healthy.


















And he loves snacks!
Today I saw the crow sneak into
永明(Ei Mei)'s playground and take away
his favorite biscuit.
永明(Ei Mei) is such a kind Panda,
he doesn't mind sharing his
biscuit with others.

















"I'll eat lots of bamboo instead!"
永明(Ei Mei) has likes and dislikes for bamboo,
and whenever he is not satisfied with
the bamboo, he just throws it away
and never eats them.
Lot of hard work for the keepers!




















"HAHAHA, today the bamboo is delicious!"

















永明(Ei Mei) is closing his eyes
and enjoying the fresh bamboo.

























This is 愛浜(Ai Hin) in the
morning, eating bamboo.
She looks so happy today!

















This is 永浜(Ei Hin) in the afternoon.
At the Adventure World,
the keepers put Panda's favorite
snacks and carrots in their playground
in the afternoon so that
visitors can enjoy their behavior
and take pictures.
I think 永浜(Ei Hin) ate most of the snacks
that was prepared for the twins today.





































Tomorrow will be my last day at the Adventure World.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara


2011年3月9日水曜日

Beautiful Pandas @ Wakayama Adventure World 2011 March 8

Hello everyone!

Today I visited Wakayama Adventure World
in Japan. It is one of the special places
outside of China, where they have
great success on breeding programs.
There are 8 Pandas at the moment,
永明 (Ei Mei, male), 良浜 (Rau Hin, female),
愛浜 (Ai Hin, female), 明浜 (Mei Hin, male),
梅浜 (Mei Hin, female), 永浜 (Ei Hin, male),
and twins born on 2010 Aug 11
海浜 (Kai Hin, male) and 陽浜 (You Hin, female)

The weather was fine, and most of the
Pandas were outside enjoying the sunshine.

This is 永明 (Ei Mei) born 1992 Sep 14.
He is the father of the
4 "Shirahama brothers" in Chengdu
that I was taking care of.
(雄浜 Yu Hin、隆浜 Ryu Hin、
秋浜 Shu Hin and幸浜 Kou Hin)
It's always interesting to see
how all his children have the resemblance
to his father, same long nose,
Mickey mouse ears and a pointed head.
Wonderful Charm point!
Great job 永浜 (Ei Mei)!!


















永明 (Ei Mei) is a special Panda
because he is one of the few Pandas
in captivity that can breed by natural mating.
Female Pandas love 永明 (Ei Mei).
Is it because he has beautiful Mickey mouse ears??

The way 永明 (Ei Mei) eats bamboo
is like us eating YAKITORI.
See his fan shaped ears!
He looks so happy.


















The way 永明 (Ei Mei) acts reminds me of
幸浜 (Kou Hin, Xing Bang)
in Chengdu Panda Base.
The keeper Mr. Yasuda told me that
幸浜 (Kou Hin, Xing Bang)'s character is
similar to 永明 (Ei Mei).
We all hope that one day
the Wakayama born brothers
can breed by natural mating.
And I believe it will happen
in the near future.


















永明 (Ei Mei) enjoying fresh bamboo.
Most of the bamboo here
is from Wakayama which is why
they are so fresh.
These are called 孟宗竹(Mousoudake).
I think that Pandas here are very lucky
with the beautiful environment and
wonderful climate.














I love this angle!


















This is 良浜 (RauHin) and 海浜 (Kai Hin).
良浜 was born 2000 Sep 6.
She was the first baby to be born at
Wakayama Adventure World,
and the child of the famous super mother
梅梅 (Mei Mei). 梅梅 (Mei Mei) gave birth to
9 babies, including the twins
Qi Zhen and Qi Yuan in Chengdu Panda base.

良浜 (Rau Hin) gave birth to
twin babies on 2010 Aug 11.
The twins 海浜 (Kai Hin) and 陽浜 (You Hin)
are now 7 months old.
海浜 Kai Hin loves to stay
right by his mother's side.












海浜 (Kai Hin) pretends that he is
eating bamboo just like his
mother 良浜 (Rau Hin) although
he's not ready for it yet.
Pandas usually start practicing
eating bamboo from an early stage
so that when the time comes,
they are ready to go for it.
陽浜 (You Hin) is now interested
in climbing trees, and she stays on her
favorite spot most of the times.
The twins are almost 7 months old,
and are very active and
interested in everything they see.

This is also 良浜 (Rau Hin) and 海浜 (Kai Hin).












良浜 (Rau Hin) tries to feed
海浜 (Kai Hin) with milk, but 海浜 (Kai Hin)
tries to run away from his mother.
良浜 (Rau Hin) is a great mother,
and is taking good care of the twins.


This is 陽浜 (You Hin) punching
her mother 良浜 (Rau Hin).
良浜 (Rau Hin) is kind enough
to act like she lost the game.
海浜 (Kai Hin) was on the tree this time,
and 陽浜 (You Hin) tries to pull him down.



This is 陽浜 (You Hin)'s favorite spot.
She climbs up and down the tree
many times to show how capable she is!


















She peals off the tree skin,
and pretends that she eats it.






















































陽浜 (You Hin) smells
the tree skin carefully.


















She is so fluffy and attractive!




































These are the twins
愛浜 (Ai Hin) on the right and 明浜 (Mei Hin)
on the left born 2006 Dec 23.
They are one of he few Pandas
in Japan that were born in winter.
They usually love playing wrestling,
but today 愛浜 (Ai Hin) wasn't in the mood.
They sat close to each other
and enjoyed the fresh bamboo.















愛浜 (Ai Hin) tries to find
snacks on top of the ladder.




































She failed and dropped one of them and lost it.
Her twin brother 明浜 (Mei Hin) was lucky
and found the snack and ate it instead.
Poor 愛浜 (Ai Hin)...












Although her brother took her snack from her,
she is still calm and looks like she is smiling.












明浜 (Mei Hin) enjoying fresh bamboo.
He ate 99% of the snacks
that was for the twins today.












These are the twins 梅浜 (Mei Hin) on the right
and 永浜 (Ei Hin) on the left, born 2008 Sep 13.
They are 良浜 (Rau Hin)'s first babies born and
grand children of super mother 梅梅 (Mei Mei).
Although the keepers put bamboo all over the
playground, they prefer to sit together
and enjoy their fresh meal.












If one moves away, the other follows.
They have such a close relationship.














I will visit Adventure World again on the 10th and 11th.

Link of Wakayama Adventure World
English
http://aws-s.com/english/index.php
Japanese
http://aws-s.com/index.php


Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara