![]() ![]() You can roam freely around among the foxes in the habitat, for as long as you like.Īfterwards, exit through the gift store, where they sell all kinds of Fox Village candy, good luck charms and souvenirs. They will show you the door to the fox habitat. – Don’t stick your fingers into the cages of foxes that are in the care of the veterinarian. Even baby foxes bite, and fingers look especially appetizing to them.Īfter that, go through to the courtyard beyond, where they keep the foxes being treated for injuries/infections and the baby foxes (Mar – July). Owls reside in many places around the world. Much like eagles, owls hunt at night, putting them in just the right place at the right time when hunting for smaller nocturnal mammals like foxes. Another large bird, owls, is the second predator on this list of things that eat foxes. Children are especially vulnerable, so please be sure they understand this rule. Owls Do owls eat foxes Yes, owls eat foxes. – Hide the food when you are walking around in the fox habitat and only feed the foxes from the platform. This is so they don’t learn to mob visitors – the foxes are not tame, and they can bite, so if they learn to grab food from visitors, it will be too dangerous for visitors to mix with the foxes anymore. The person at the desk will explain the rules in Japanese. You can also buy snacks to feed the foxes (or carrots to feed the bunnies) for ¥200 per baggie at the desk. It costs ¥1000 for adults (children twelve and under are free). Here is a link to the English page on the Fox Village Website.īuy your tickets inside at the reception desk. Fox Village really is out in the middle of the nowhere, so it’s a good idea to have an exit plan, since you can’t really go out and hail a cab on the road outside when you’re ready to leave.īe sure to check the weather forecast and the Fox Village website before you leave, because sometimes the roads aren’t passable in the winter because of snow. The cab drivers don’t seem to mind driving out to Fox Village at all, and you can arrange for them to come back to pick you up at a certain time, if you like (which is especially handy if you don’t want to make a phone call in Japanese AIEEEEE). ![]() It’s about a 20-minute cab ride, and costs between ¥3500 and ¥4000, each way. The best way is to catch a taxi from the train station, because the buses run very infrequently. Getting to Fox Village from Shiroishi-zao Station Here’s where to get the app and how to use it. It’s also good for finding the easiest way to get to Tokyo Station from where you’re staying. Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats) Subfamily: Pteropodinae. Of the 172 species of mammal found112 native terrestrial mammals (those that are endemic are identified below this number includes 37 species of bat), 19 introduced species, 40 species of Cetacea, and the dugong161 are listed for the Japan region on the IUCN Red List of Threatened. I used the Japan Navigation phone app to figure out this route, and you can easily use it too, with your actual date and preferred arrival time. This is a list of mammal species recorded in Japan (excluding domesticated and captive populations).
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