旅日大熊猫香香即将回国！游客排队4小时告别……

2023-02-16 04:02

日本东京上野动物园的雌性大熊猫香香要回家了，归期定在了2月21日。

Giant female panda, Xiang Xiang, currently at the Ueno Zoo in Japan, will return to China on February 21, according to Japan's Kyodo News Agency.

图源：上野动物园

当地时间14日，此前通过抽签中选的大批游客纷纷来到上野动物园与香香告别。园方表示，尽管非常不舍，但希望香香能尽快适应环境，找到伴侣、生育后代。

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自2023年1月21日起，参观香香采用事先抽签制，游客1月6日后可通过网站提交抽签申请，每天最多2600人中签，参观截止于2023年2月19日。

Visits only be allowed through a pre-selected lottery. Up to 2,600 visitors will be able to see the 5-year-old each day until Feb 19, according to Kyodo News.

图源：上野动物园

1月20日是采用事先抽签制参观香香的前一日，上野动物园从开园前就排起了长队。队尾指示牌一度显示此处需等待4小时。

Fans waited up to four hours at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens to catch a glimpse of a popular female giant panda, with only a month left before she is sent back to China.

据当地媒体报道，有日本民众为参观香香，连续两天排队三小时，“想要感谢它长到这么大”。

图源：日本共同社

香香是日媒口中“呆萌可爱迷倒游客的招牌女孩”。2017年6月，香香在日本出生，是上野近29年来首次诞生熊猫宝宝。

The media outlet previously reported that Xiang Xiang was often called "a cute and charming star that fascinates tourists" in Japan. Xiang Xiang was born in June 2017. It is the first panda cub born in the zoo over the past 29 years.

熊猫“香香”和妈妈“仙女”

最初，香香会“在满24个月时归还”中国。但由于她圈粉无数，日本多次申请延期，最终决定将“香香”归还日期延迟至2020年12月。之后又受新冠疫情影响，归还期限推迟了几次。

According to an agreement between China and Japan, Xiang Xiang would have moved to China when 24 months old, but since many Japanese hoped it could stay in the country a little longer, the zoo decided to return her at the end of 2020. Affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline was postponed.