: When I hopped out of the taxi at Ueno Zoo the man driving said something to me and, from my brief knowledge of how to speak the Japanese language, it sounded like he was telling me that I was going to love the zoo. I had to assume he was stating it was really good compared to most of their zoos. When I got to the gate there was a very big line zigzagging around towards the entrance and at this point I was wondering if the taxi driver was being sarcastic. After waiting in the line for a couple of hours in this massive line I finely got inside the zoo and there were people everywhere. It was even more packed then the line outside!

It was very odd comparing it to Melbourne Zoo as it was so packed that I couldn’t even see the animals because all the people where blocking my view. Whereas, in Australia, no matter where you were, if you found this amount of people in one place, it would seem insane.

After a little bit of walking around I found a gap in the crowd of people leading to the tiger exhibit. When I got to the glass wall blocking me from the tigers, I must admit the Ueno Zoo tiger cage was a bit bigger than the one back in Melbourne. However, with all the sound and people just staring at them they seemed more sad compared to the ones back in Melbourne. It made me think how all the other animals were reacting, for the tigers had probably the least amount of people viewing them, so the other animals would probably be terrified.

After seeing a few of the other exhibits I got really frustrated  at how crowded the place was so I decided to leave but the line to get out was just a big as the line to get in. The day wasn’t too bad; however, it still could have been better. I did prefer the visit to the game convention.