List of aquaria in Japan
This is a list of aquaria (public aquariums) in Japan. For zoos, see List of zoos in Japan. Also, For worlds, see List of aquaria.
Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include public aquariums, oceanariums, marine mammal parks, and dolphinariums.
Attempts to operate the public aquarium began in 1882 with the aquarium "Uonozoki" in Ueno Zoo, and in 1899, the first private aquarium, the Asakusa Park Aquarium, opened.[1] As of 2020, the oldest facility in Japan's aquarium is the Uozu Aquarium in Toyama, which opened in 1913.[1] The first facility in the world to raise whale sharks and manta rays is in Japan.
Japan has the largest number of public aquariums per capita in the world.[1] There are many small public aquariums in Japan and many are not on this list.
In addition, large fish tanks are often installed at large commercial facilities, stations, and airports, such as Naha Airport, Ginza Sony Building, Aeon mall, Don Quijote, and Bay side place Hakata, all of which are open to the public for free.
- Hekinan Seaside Aquarium, Hekinan, Aichi
- Minamichita Beachland Aquarium, Mihama, Aichi
- Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Nagoya, Aichi
- Sea Life Nagoya, Nagoya, Aichi
- Takeshima Aquarium, Gamagōri, Aichi
- Sekaiichichitchana Aquarium, Choshi, Chiba
- Inubōsaki Marine Park, Choshi, Chiba (closed)
- Kamogawa Sea World, Kamogawa, Chiba
- Nijinomori Park Aquarium Osakanakan (The Aquarium of Shimantogawa River), Matsuno, Ehime
- Miyajima Public Aquarium (Marine Plaza Miyajima), Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
- Fukuyama University Marine Biocenter Aquarium, Onomichi, Hiroshima
- Mariho Aquarium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
- Otaru Aquarium, Otaru, Hokkaidō
- Wakkanai Noshappu Cold Aquarium, Wakkanai, Hokkaido
- Sun Piaza Aquarium, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Sapporo Salmon Museum, Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum, Shibetsu, Hokkaido
- Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
- kushiro Aquarium Pukupuku, kushiro, Hokkaido
- Chitose Salmon Museum, Chitose, Hokkaido
- Northern Daichi Aquarium, kitami, Hokkaido
- Muroran Aquarium, Muroran, Hokkaido
- Atoa, Kobe, Hyōgo
- Minatoyama Aquarium, Kobe, Hyōgo
- Kobe Municipal Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Hyōgo
- Kinosaki Marine World, Toyooka, Hyōgo
- Himeji Aquarium, Himeji, Hyōgo
- Aburatsubo Marine Park Aquarium, Miura, Kanagawa (closed)
- Aquarium Sagamihara, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
- Hakone-en Aquarium, Hakonemachi, Kanagawa
- kawasaki Aquarium, kawasaki, Kanagawa
- Kitazato Aquarium Lab, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
- Enoshima Aquarium, Fujisawa, Kanagawa
- Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Yokohama, Kanagawa
- Makado Sea Marine Park (in Makado Elementary School), Yokohama, Kanagawa
- Yomiuri Land Seal Pavilion, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
- Yokohama Omoshiro Aquarium, Yokohama, Kanagawa(closed)
- Muroto Closed school Aquarium, Muroto, Kōchi
- Katsurahama Aquarium, Kōchi, Kōchi
- Ashizuri Ocean Aquarium, Tosashimizu, Kōchi
- kyoto Aquarium, Kyoto
- Uocchikan, Miyazu, Kyoto (closed)
- Oyodo River Study Aquarium, Miyazaki, Miyazaki
- Dolphin Land, Kushima, Miyazaki
- Idenoyama Fresh Water Aquarium, Kobayashi, Miyazaki
- Alps Azumino National Government Park (Azumino school aquarium), Azumino, Nagano
- Tateshina Amusement Aquarium, Chino, Nagano
- Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium, Nagasaki
- Umi Kirara Saikai National Park Aquarium, Sasebo, Nagasaki
- Mutsugorou Aquarium, Isahaya, Nagasaki
- Joetsu Aquarium Umigatari, Joetsu, Niigata
- Niigata City Aquarium Marinpia Nihonkai, Niigata, Niigata
- Teradomari Aquarium, Teradomari, Niigata
- Izu Andyland, Kawazu, Shizuoka
- Izu Mito Sea Paradise, Numazu, Shizuoka
- Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium, Numazu, Shizuoka
- Marine Science Museum, Tokai University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka
- Shimoda Floating Aquarium, Shimoda, Shizuoka
- Aqua Park Shinagawa, Minato, Tokyo
- Sunshine Aquarium, Toshima, Tokyo
- Tokyo Sea Life Park, Edogawa, Tokyo
- Shinagawa Aquarium, Shinagawa, Tokyo
- Sumida Aquarium, Sumida, Tokyo
- Adventure World, Shirahama, Wakayama
- Shirahama Aquarium, Shirahama, Wakayama
- Taiji Whale Museum, Taiji, Wakayama
- Kushimoto Marine Park Center, Kushimoto, Wakayama
- Wakayama Pref. Museum of Natural History, Kainan, Wakayama
- Susami Crustacean Aquarium, Susami, Wakayama[4]
See also
- List of aquaria
- List of botanical gardens
- List of dolphinariums
- List of tourist attractions worldwide
- List of zoos in Japan
- Marine mammal park
Notes
- ^ a b c "運営:主体別からみた水族館の施設マネジ、メントの実態と課題" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "二見シーパラダイス|伊勢のふれあい水族館!". 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22.
- ^ "Lake Biwa Museum, Japan". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ "Susami Crustacean Aquarium".
References
- "List of Aquariums" (PDF). jazga.or.jp. Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 12 June 2010.[permanent dead link ]
- List of Aquariums in Japan