Nature & animals events

Upload photos of wildlife taken in Adachi City to the app, observe autumn nature and help create the city’s own wildlife guide. Those who complete the quest can enter a prize drawing.

A special exhibition introducing work at the biological park, including behind-the-scenes animal care and interpretation, through real tools and display panels. The exhibition is free; park admission is charged separately.

Explore Tokyo nature through 8K video, a large map with tablets and wildlife-sound rhythm activities, plus research by Minato schoolchildren. The exhibition includes a balancing-dragonfly craft on September 16–October 12: 10:00–18:00, last reception 17:45, about 15 minutes, around 5 people per session, free with no booking. Grade 3 and younger must be accompanied by a guardian aged 18 or over.

Explore how animals adapt and survive through specimens, research and NHK wildlife footage. The exhibition closes October 12

Explore seasonal grasses, flowers and insects in the normally closed Suntory Hall rooftop garden. Combine with Music Week; closed October 7.

A citizen-participation survey recording urban wildlife through Biome, with Link Biotope also worth exploring. Claiming achievement points is separate from joining the survey and takes place at Gateway Studio on October 31.

A special exhibition using fossils such as Naumann’s elephants found during Tokyo’s urban development to explore how the local land formed and the prehistoric life it supported.

Four extended evenings to observe animals and hear autumn insects. Elephants, tigers and polar bears are scheduled until 19:30; some bird areas, apes and the children’s farm close earlier

An autumn series introducing children to farm work and traditional tools through activities such as sowing Okura daikon seeds, making soba noodles and bamboo toys, indigo dyeing, and sawing wood with a large saw.

A hands-on family session searching the Tama River’s geological layers for shellfish fossils and more, with finds to take home. Long sleeves, long trousers, rubber boots, goggles and other equipment are required.

Tuna-observation bingo, research and husbandry displays on Oct 11–12, plus an English ocean-conservation musical by a Hawaiian team. Backstage tours Oct 11–12 at 10:30, 13:00 and 15:30, 30 min each

Parents and children learn about resource recycling and waste reduction by exploring how used household cooking oil can be turned into soap.

Walk approximately 4 km along the Arakawa River, visiting 5 booths to learn about nature through wildlife quizzes and missions. No registration required. Check in near the Senju Shinbashi Green Space parking lot or the Ogi Golf Driving Range. Bicycles cannot be used for the rally, and no car or bicycle parking is available.

A 2-day event across several venues in Minami Aoyama, where children and their parents or guardians can walk between locations and enjoy art, music, crafts, neighborhood walks and nature observation.

Conservation exhibits, stamps, island talks and keeper presentations. Coloring Oct 17, 13:30–14:30; storytelling Oct 18 at 11:00; wildcat sticker makeovers both days 10:30–12:00 and 13:30–15:00

A day trip to walk through an autumn forest with a forestry professional, discover its secrets and views, make preserved foods using forest produce, and visit Hinohara Factory.

Children and their parents or guardians can choose from sketchbook making, birdwatching in a rooftop garden, bath-bomb making, eco crafts, braiding cords from plastic shopping bags, growing plants in English and more.

Explore Odaiba's parks with wildlife specialists, observing birds and insects and discussing their connections to everyday life and ecosystems. Bad weather moves the programme indoors.

A researcher explains the mystery of sweet insect galls and the relationships between plants and small creatures.

A family gardening activity to create a mixed planter using autumn and winter flower seedlings and Halloween decorations.

Look for small creatures in Marunouchi and contribute to an autumn survey of urban biodiversity.

Learn about red pandas, pheasants and other animals sharing giant pandas’ highland habitat in China through a stamp rally. There are currently no giant pandas in Panda Forest.

Use garden leaves and flowers for wearable creations and an autumn fashion show. Two hours for a planned 22 children; guardians normally observe only in the final 10 minutes.

Observe mites through displays, videos and microscopes, with a simulated indoor-mite visualization during talks. A children’s real-world-experience app is also available to try.

A day-long nature tour from the Tokyo Station area to Hinohara Village, with an autumn forest walk and woodworking, including places reserved for Meguro City parent-child participants.

A community event bringing people together across generations and disabilities for nature observation in Mejiro no Mori and indoor activities such as treasure-hunt games.

Walk through the forest looking for acorns and other tree nuts in an autumn nature-observation session for children and their parents.

Meet the tiny creatures known as meiobenthos and learn from a researcher about life hidden in sand.

Explore ancient life and the ocean through fossils of deep-sea creatures, with a museum researcher.

A day-long nature tour from the Tokyo Station area to Hinohara Village, with a mountain-trail walk and forest wreath making, including places reserved for Meguro City parent-child participants.

A waterside learning session for elementary school students to observe creatures caught during a Sumida River survey and hear how the survey is conducted.

A day trip by bus for single-parent families in Taito City, departing from Taito City Office to visit Hachimitsu Kobo and Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba Prefecture.

Fish for gobies and observe waterside life around Sakurabashi Bridge on the Sumida River. Those interested can also register in advance for the concurrent Let’s Investigate River Water activity.

Activities include displays of Animal Welfare Week posters and pet photos, an introduction to the Tokyo Metropolitan Animal Welfare and Consultation Center, a stamp rally, stage events and more.