Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang plays on a stump at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo's Taito Ward on June 25, 2018. (Photo courtesy of the Tokyo Zoological Park Society)

TOKYO -- Xiang Xiang, the giant panda cub at Ueno zoo in Tokyo, has a taste for apples rather than the cute creature's traditional staple bamboo.

Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo's Taito Ward released on June 26 its latest images of the cub, which now weighs 29.6 kilograms, after it turned 1 year old on June 12. Xiang Xiang likes to play on a handmade hammock, which was given to her as a birthday present by zookeepers.

According to the facility, Xiang Xiang sometimes chews on bamboo, bamboo shoots, apples, carrots and other vegetables. But she doesn't appear to like devouring bamboo and bamboo shoots, and only enjoys eating apples. Her adult teeth are continuing to grow.

(Japanese original by Tatsuya Haga, City News Department)