Japanese wave goodbye to three more pandas returning to China (10)

Visitors shoot videos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023.

The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday.

Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)