Japanese Panda Fans Bid Farewell to Giant Pandas Yong Ming, Ying Bang and Tao Bang

Visitors watched the giant panda Yong Ming at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on February 21. [Photo by Yue Chenxing]

Giant panda Tao Bang is being transported at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on February 22. [Photo by Yue Chenxing]

Visitors attended a farewell party for three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on February 21. [Photo by Yue Chenxing]

Giant panda Yong Ming is being transported at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on February 22. [Photo by Yue Chenxing]

On February 22, a truck carrying giant panda Yong Ming and its twin daughters, Ying Bang and Tao Bang, slowly left the Adventure World for Kansai International Airport. The three pandas will be escorted to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding by Koji Imazu, Director of Adventure World.