Kobe Oji Zoo

• Panda House (パンダ館) – The zoo has kept giant pandas in its collection since 2000.^[2]

• Zoological Science Center (動物科学資料館) – An indoor educational center featuring skeletal specimens and a reading room.

• Big Cats Circle (円形猛獣舎) – This area houses tigers, lions, leopards, snow leopards, and jaguars.

• Polar Bear House (ホッキョクグマ舎) – This area houses polar bears, and has aboveground and underwater viewing areas.

• Animals' Land & Children's Zoo (動物とこどもの国) – This area houses red pandas, otters, koalas and some farm animals.

• A small amusement park (遊園地) – Rides and games for children, includes a Ferris wheel and chair swing ride.

• The E.H. Hunter House (旧ハンター住宅) – The former residence of the founder of Osaka Iron Works, Edward Hazlett Hunter. An elaborate example of a 19th-century ijinkan (異人館, "foreign home"), it is at the northeast corner the zoo (hence not accessible outside zoo hours). The interior – with roped-off period furniture – is only open a few months each year.^[2] It was designated an Important Cultural Property by both the prefecture and the nation.^[3]

Other animals in the zoo's collection include giraffes, zebras, kangaroos, ostriches, flamingos, hippos, some species of ape, crocodiles, bobcats, sea lions, snow owls, and elephants.^[2]

Technically the zoo is within Ōji Park (王子公園, Ōji Kōen), but the zoo is enclosed and has admission fees. Surrounding the zoo are the various parts of a sports complex. To the zoo's northwest is the Ōji Sports Center (王子スポーツセンター, Ōji Supōtsu Sentā). To the northeast are some tennis courts; to the east is Ōji Stadium; to the southwest is the Museum of Literature.