Adventure World (Wakayama, Japan) will hold "SUMMER CAMP2023" from July 21 (Fri.) to August 29 (Tue.), 2023, to discover new attractions of the animals.
　On Thursday, July 27, a special insect catching event, "Exciting Insect Catching: Let's Become an Insect Doctor," will be held in the Fureai Plaza before the park opens. Let's observe various insects that you can find only in Adventure World, which is blessed with nature, with an entomologist from JT Biohistory Research Hall (1-1 Murasaki-machi, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture).

Special Event "Exciting Insect Catching: Let's Become an Insect Doctor!
　
Date and Time: Thursday, July 27, 2023, 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
*Park opens at 10:00 a.m.

Place: Fureai Plaza in Adventure World
Fee: 1,500 yen/person (0-3 years old free of charge, 4 years old and older charged)
(Insect catching experience, insect nets, and insect collecting baskets are included.)
*Parking fees are not included.
No other services in the Park will be provided for this event before the Park opens.

Capacity: 30 persons

Eligibility for participation:Everyone from children to adults who like bugs and bug catching is welcome to participate. (4 years old and up, fee required)
*No one other than event participants will be allowed to enter the park before it opens.

Contents:
Join Dr. Katsuhisa Ozaki, entomologist at JT Biohistory Research Hall, and enjoy insect catching in the park surrounded by rich nature! You can enjoy catching insects with his expert advice and a different perspective.

(1) Lecture on insect catching points
Insect experts will give advice on how to catch insects and what to look out for.
(2) Come on, let's catch some bugs!
Collecting a wide variety of insects at the Fureai Plaza, where many lives live.
You can take home the bugs you catch.
(3) Move to a cool room and take a closer look at the insects you caught!
Record the characteristics and species of insects collected on the observation sheet
(4) Insect unveiling and commentary by entomologist
Explaining the connection between the insects you catch and the plants and nature around them
You may find more interesting discoveries if you change your point of view!

Meeting time: 7:30 a.m.
Meeting place: In front of the Panda Monument at the return entrance of Adventure World
Please use the coin lockers in the park for your valuables.
*We expect the temperature to be high, so please be prepared for heat stroke.

≪Tickets on Sale≫
On sale from 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 19, 2023 to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 26, 2023
On sale on PassMarket https://passmarket.yahoo.co.jp/event/show/detail/028g99ujt 4631.html
*Sales will end when capacity is reached.
*If the event is cancelled due to rain, refunds will be made.
(Please note that you will be responsible for your own accommodation, transportation, etc. in that case.)

Photography Exhibition "Small Lives Encountered at Chow's Family Restaurant" to focus on connections　

Date: Sunday, June 4, 2023 - Tuesday, August 29, 2023
　　　　　　 Available for viewing at all times during business hours.　
Place: Exhibition space in the entrance dome
Fee: Free *Admission fee is required.
Exhibits:
Colorful plants and various species of insects that visited.
Growth of butterflies from egg to adult
Seven species of butterflies visiting the herbarium
Paper crafts will be distributed (limited quantities)
Butterfly coloring book distribution (limited quantity)　

Butterfly Family Restaurant" in the Park's Edible Plant Garden under the supervision of JT Biohistory Research Hall
https://www.aws-s.info/jt-aws 　
　From March 18, 2023, the "Butterfly Family Restaurant," supervised by the JT Biohistory Research Center, opened in the Fureai Plaza as a place where various species of butterflies can visit.
Since early April, we have observed nuthatches laying eggs, and eight species of butterflies have visited the area so far.

Major food plants and visiting butterflies
Kishu mandarin oranges
Crow's-ear swallowtail butterfly, Monki swallowtail butterfly, and black swallowtail butterfly
Camphor tree: Aosui Swallowtail
Ashitaba (Ashitaba japonica)
Duranta, Duranta, Duranta, Duranta, Duranta, Duranta, Duranta, Duranta, Duranta
Other weeds: Red clover, white clover, blue clover
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　
In summer, insects become more active, making it easier than ever to observe life in action.
We hope that this will be a place where we can watch with our guests as the larvae born from butterfly eggs repeatedly molt and grow up to pupa and then to adult.

About JT Biohistory Research Hall]
https://www.brh.co.jp
"Biohistory" is a new knowledge that looks at the "living" of various living creatures, including humans, and searches for "how to live" from there.
All living things on the earth are ancestors of cells that existed in the ocean 3.8 billion years ago, and have evolved and diversified over time.
All living organisms have genomic DNA in their cells, which tells the history of how they have lived over the past 3.8 billion years.
Genomic DNA is a magnificent archive of the history of life. The "Research Hall" is a place where we can share the fascination of living things and think about life by reading and expressing the historical story in a beautiful way.


Smile Partnership Agreement]
Adventure World and JT Biohistory Research Hall signed a Smile Partnership Agreement on December 11, 2022.
The aim is to create a society that values life by encouraging mutual exchange in a wide range of fields and providing many people with opportunities to discover questions about life and to plan and develop opportunities to think about life in various ways that take advantage of each other's strengths.