citylikeyou — Inokashira Park Zoo — Tokyo by Takahiro Kimura

Tokyo / Zoo

In Inokashira Park Zoo is the oldest female elephant in Japan, her name is Hanako. She became 64 years old in January 2011. She came from Thailand in 1949 and became popular. We all wish her long life. However, there was a tragedy that Hanako accidentally stepped over the staff working there and killed him. She was called “murderer” at that time.

Address
Inokashira Park Zoo, 1-17-6, Gotenyama, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Artist Animator Illustrator

Current city: Tokyo

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Takahiro Kimura is a Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer based in Tokyo. Takahiro studied technology of painting and graphic design at Salesian Polytechnic, as well as drawing, landscape painting and fashion drawing at Setsu Mode Seminar. In 2003 Takahiro created a group of web and television collage animation characters collectively called Kimsnake.

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