Video. Japan: Commuters Flock to See Two Goats Grazing at Tokyo Station
The trial uses Nagi and Pokke to replace grass cutters and herbicides, and it has drawn commuters, office workers and schoolchildren to the site.
- In October, East Japan Railway deployed two goats, one-year-old Nagi and two-year-old Pokke, to a 900-square-metre vacant lot near Yotsuya Station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, to graze on overgrown weeds.
- The initiative, which began on Oct 9 and continues until around December, offers an alternative to conventional herbicides. JR East stated 'using goat grazing not only enables continuous weed control' and reduces environmental impact.
- Commuters and local residents have flocked to the site, with office worker Tamae Noguchi saying she was 'really happy to be able to see goats' and university student Edward Asis calling them 'very cute.'
- While the animals have become social media stars, signs ask visitors not to feed them. The project marks JR East's first trial inside the circular Yamanote line, the central core of Tokyo.
- Urban animal grazing has been attempted before; in 2016, around 10 sheep were installed near Paris's major ring road. That project faced public and animal welfare concerns regarding air quality, contrasting with Tokyo's controlled site approach.
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Two goats from Japan, brought by a Japanese railway company to feed grass on a mountain range in central Tokyo, have become real stars on social networks, reports AFP agency, quoted by Agerpres. Nagi, a one-year-old male, and Pokke, a two-year-old female, took over their "work assignments" ...
Bleat the rush-hour blues: Tokyo commuters fall for grass-munching goats Nagi and Pokke
TOKYO, Nov 6 — Two white goats deployed by rail staff in central Tokyo to munch overgrown grass have become social media stars in Japan, with commuters and residents flocking to...
Japan: Commuters flock to see two goats grazing at Tokyo station
Two white goats have become unlikely celebrities in central Tokyo after being recruited to clear overgrown vegetation near Yotsuya railway station. Their eco-friendly gardening duties are attracting crowds of delighted onlookers.
Video. Japan: Commuters flock to see two goats grazing at Tokyo station
Video. Two white goats have become unlikely celebrities in central Tokyo after being recruited to clear overgrown vegetation near Yotsuya railway station. Their eco-friendly gardening duties are attracting crowds of delighted onlookers.
Two goats deployed in central Tokyo by the Japanese railways to weed out a loose field have become social media stars.
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