Okinawa churaumi aquarium

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.

Aeon Mall Rycom Aquarium in Okinawa

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.

Currently, the largest aquarium in Japan is the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium.[2]

Aichi Prefecture

Akita Prefecture

Aomori Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

Ehime Prefecture

  • Nijinomori Park Aquarium Osakanakan (The Aquarium of Shimantogawa River), Matsuno, Ehime

Fukui Prefecture

Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukushima Prefecture

Gifu Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

Hokkaidō

Hyōgo Prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture

  • Kuji Underground Aquarium and Science Museum Moguranpia, Kuji, Iwate

Ishikawa Prefecture

Kagawa Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

Kōchi Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

Kumamoto Prefecture

Mie Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

Nagano Prefecture

Nagasaki Prefecture

Niigata Prefecture

Ōita Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture

Shiga Prefecture

Shimane Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

Tochigi Prefecture

Tokyo

Toyama Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. ↑ "水量1万3400トン 名古屋港水族館に日本最大の水槽" (in Japanese). Nikkei.com. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Lake Biwa Museum, Japan". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Susami Crustacean Aquarium".

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