Kakegawa Kachouen was another student recommendation. It is located about 15 minutes walk from the Kakegawa Station. It is an aviary and a flower park. It is family oriented and wheelchair accessible. The indoor area is airconditioned and there is a restaurant area and some gift shops. The entry is 1200 yen for adults.
The first area has many kinds of owls behind glass. They were interesting to look at, but hard to photograph because of the reflections.
I was surprised to see penguins, but they are birds.
The greenhouse is also where the restaurant area is located.
The next area has tethered birds.
There are doors between the areas and many hand washing stations.
The next "room" has a gorgeous water lily pond and many colorful birds. Throughout the bird areas there were little cups of bird food for sale. I did not buy any food or try to hold any birds. I saw quite a few people trying to clean bird poop off their shirts and didn't want to be doing that myself. The colorful birds were amazing to look at, even without holding them.
I really like the waterlily pond! The roof reflection made some interesting patterns and there were many small fish in the pond.
Another interesting area
There were more birds outside.
The birds were gorgeous and I loved seeing the water lily pond. With so many birds, there was a ton of bird poop though. The employees did their best to keep it cleaned up, but it was never ending. For that reason, one visit is probably enough for me.
