Japanese wave goodbye to three more pandas returning to China (9)

Staff members transfer giant panda Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 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)