JAPAN-WAKAYAMA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN-CHINA

JAPAN-WAKAYAMA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN-CHINA

Xinhua
27 Jun 2025, 21:49 GMT+

(250627) -- WAKAYAMA, June 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Tourists wave goodbye to giant pandas during a farewell ceremony at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, June 27, 2025. All four giant pandas on loan to a theme park in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the park's operator said Thursday.

Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, announced that the 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin, will leave for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

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