TOKYO - Crowds lined up Saturday at Ueno zoo in Tokyo on the first weekend since it was announced that twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei will leave Japan next month, with many visitors coming to bid them farewell.
A 45-year-old woman from Tokyo's Taito Ward, where Ueno Zoological Gardens is located, said she had visited regularly to see the pandas, describing them as "adorable and soothing." She added the announcement of their departure for China was sudden and came as a "shock."
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