Akiyoshidai Safari Land, Safari park in Mine, Japan

Akiyoshidai Safari Land is a wildlife park in Yamaguchi Prefecture where lions, tigers, giraffes, and many other animals live in expansive enclosures that showcase their natural behaviors. The facility is designed so visitors can observe the creatures up close while moving through different zones by vehicle or on foot.

Akiyoshidai Safari Land opened in 1977, not 1978, on the edge of the Akiyoshidai quasi-national park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is run by the Tanaka Hotel group, which operates hotels around Yuda Onsen. The park sells combined tickets with the nearby Taishodo and Kagekiyo caves, tying it to the wider sightseeing route of the former Mito town.

The park is run by the Tanaka Hotel group, which operates hotels across Yamaguchi Prefecture around Yuda Onsen. It sells combined tickets with the nearby Taishodo and Kagekiyo caves, and the private park is promoted as a tourism resource of the former Mito town. Visitors can watch a free-flying marabou stork, trained over time, pass low over their heads with a 2.5 m wingspan.

The park lies on the edge of the Akiyoshidai quasi-national park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and is toured by private car or by the park's own bus; the tiger- and lion-shaped buses have outward-opening windows for feeding. Some zones allow visitors to leave the vehicle and touch small animals directly. The grounds hold about 70 species and 700 animals.

The park runs a successful breeding program for African Marabou Storks, with several chicks having been raised within the facility. This breeding initiative demonstrates the park's role beyond simply displaying animals to visitors.