Ardent Japanese fans bid farewell to four lovable giant pandas as they return to China


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TOKYO, June 28 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Fans bid farewell to all four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama as they left Saturday morning for their new home in China, Xinhua reported.

Early morning at Adventure World amusement park in the coastal town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, park staff waved flags to bid farewell to the giant pandas, while many fans, wearing T-shirts with pictures of the pandas on them, waited at the intersection outside the park to wave goodbye when the pandas' transport trucks passed by.

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