Also held this year! Petting spot of the metropolitan area's premier beetle

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The children rush to the summer vacation from this week. But I want to take me to the place where contact with nature, than much larger's parents that are thought not to ... and go to far? Good news for such people.

Shibuya-ku, petting plant center in July 22 (Wednesday) from August 9 (Sunday) between 45 minutes 16 o'clock 13, can be observed touching to free the beetle "beetle Square" is open you have. This "beetle Square", actually gather every year downy 2,500～3,000 nearly people's the most popular event in Tokyo.
Beetle Square petting of the plant center 2F. DONTO the installed giant beetle hut in the middle of the hall. About 50 animals of the beetle in it has been in free-range.
Or try to touch, or try to look at, or try to take a photo. Freely you can enjoy the interaction with beetle everyone. Please also safe person to touch for the first time beetle. Volunteers who are in the vicinity of the entrance will tell you politely how to hold the beetle.

There rules are six to protect the beetle Square.

1. Not run
2. Do not force the fight beetles
3. Not trying to force the beetles
4. Touch gently beetle
5. Protect the usage time
6. Not brought back the Beetle

This rule is pasted at the entrance of the hut. In order to get along and play with beetles, before entering the hut, let's look through all means.

It should be noted that the beetles square of usage time is from 1:00 to 45 pm 13, up to 45 minutes 14 o'clock 14, from 3:00 pm to 45 pm 15, and so on from 16 am to 45 pm 16, 45 minutes 15 minutes of break time is provided for each. This break time, break time for the beetle. Since the nocturnal, originally, beetle daytime sleeping. It is a mechanism that attempts to alleviate the stress of the beetle.
To break time of the beetle, to take a breather in the tea that has been installed in the hut near the break terrace is also good, also good to read the picture book of the plants and animals in the book corner. Including the rare plants in the contact center, beetles and alligator snapping turtle, it is full of attractions because such have also been breeding fireflies.

In September it is also scheduled training to learn the upbringing of the beetle. The subject is from 5 years old to elementary school students. After the exercise, you can have divided the larvae. Activity is performed in two, capacity is 12 people participated in at a time. Touching, brought up, why not by all means go to visit the petting plant center of events that can also learn.

Shibuya-ku, petting plant center
Yes Address: Shibuya-ku, East 2-25-37
〇電話： 03-5468-1384
〇 Sales: 10:00 to 18:00 (admission 17:30)
Yes holiday: Monday (following weekday in case of public holidays or substitute holiday)
Yes fee: 100 yen once (60 years of age or older, preschool children, free people of elementary and junior high school students of the wards)
〇 Official:Http://www.botanical-fureai.com/

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