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Bankrupt Yubari sends stuffed specimens to new home in Tokyo
BY HIROYA UEYAMA STAFF WRITER
2013/01/08
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A worker prepares the shipment of a white bear specimen in Yubari, Hokkaido, on Dec. 11. (Hiroya Ueyama)
A worker prepares the shipment of specimens of a lion and other animals in Yubari, Hokkaido, on Dec. 11. (Hiroya Ueyama)
A boy examines a green anaconda specimen on display at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, in Tokyo's Ueno district on Jan. 2. (Hiroya Ueyama)
A valuable collection of hundreds of stuffed specimens owned by the bankrupt city of Yubari in Hokkaido is getting a second life in a national museum in Tokyo.
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