Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
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The Kaiyukan Aquarium
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Date openedMay 1990 [1][2]
LocationOsaka, Japan
Coordinates34°39′16.1″N 135°25′44.0″E / 34.654472°N 135.428889°E / 34.654472; 135.428889Coordinates: 34°39′16.1″N 135°25′44.0″E / 34.654472°N 135.428889°E / 34.654472; 135.428889
Land area26,570 square metres (286,000 sq ft) [3]
No. of animals29,000 [4]
No. of species420 [4]
Volume of largest tank5,400,000 litres (1,427,000 US gal) [5]
Total volume of tanks11,000,000 litres (2,906,000 US gal) [5]
Annual visitors2.5 million+
MembershipsJAZA[6]
Major exhibitsThe Pacific Ocean tank etc.
Managementkaiyukan company
Public transit accessOsaka Metro logo 2.svg Osaka Metro Chuo line symbol.svg Chūō Line at Osakako (Osaka Metro)
Websitewww.kaiyukan.com/language/eng/

The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (海遊館, Kaiyūkan, known as the Kaiyukan) is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay. When it first opened, it was the largest public aquarium in the world,[7] and is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA).

The aquarium is about a five-minute walk from Osakako Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line, and is next to the Tempozan Ferris Wheel.[7]

History[]

Entrance

In 1988, with the aim of redeveloping the Osaka Bay Area, the Kaiyukan and Tempozan Marketplace were to be built following the success stories of aquariums and commercial facilities overseas.[2] The aquarium was named "Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan" by the general public and opened in 1990.[2]The number of visitors reached 1 million on the 40 days of the opening and 2 million on the 101 days, The final number of visitors during the year reached 5.6 million, surpassing the national record held at that time Tokyo Sea Life Park and being the fastest record in Japan.[8][2]

The number of visitors reached 50 million on February 26, 2008. Achievement in 6317 days (about 18 years) is the fastest among aquariums in Japan, and about 60% of the visitors are repeaters. In 2014, the total number of visitors exceeded 65 million.[9] In 2017, the number of visitors reached 75 million, making it the most visited aquarium in Japan. [9]

Exhibits[]

The Pacific Ocean tank

Visitors will go up to the 8th floor on the escalator and go down to appreciate it. Therefore, there are some fishtanks that can be viewed multiple times, such as on the water and underwater.

The walk-through aquarium displays marine life in several habitats comprising 27 tanks in 16 main exhibits with a total volume of 10,941 tons of water. The habitats are from the Ring of Fire area of the Pacific Ocean. The largest tank is 9 metres (30 ft) deep and holds 5,400 cubic metres (190,699 cu ft) of water and a variety of fish including Reef manta ray and two whale sharks.[5]

The tanks used in the aquarium are made of 314 tonnes (346 tons) of acrylic glass. The largest single pane measures six meters by five meters by thirty centimeters and weighs roughly 10 tons. At the thicknesses used, regular glass would be unwieldy and would not have the desired transparency.

The most popular animals on display are the whale sharks. In 1990, the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium (predecessor of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium), were the first in the world to whale sharks in captivity, but did not exhibit them. At that time, the Osaka Aquarium was the only facility in the world that owned whale sharks. In 1994, aquariums succeeded in captivity the manta ray Second in the world, and in 1995, aquariums succeeded in captivity the Ocean sunfish.[2] Devil fish are also popular. In 2008, Osaka aquarium succeeded in captivity the World's first Spinetail mobula(mobula japanica).[2]

The "New Interactive Area" that opened in 2013 allows visitors to see the animals up close and possibly touch them. In the "New Interactive Area", 3 zones are constructed, the Arctic zone, in which you see rounding ringed seals, Falkland Islands Zone, where you can see the rockhopper penguins, and the Maldives Zone, in which you can directly touch sharks and rays. [10]

In 2020, the museum shop was reopened on February 22 after renewal work was carried out to coincide with the 30th anniversary of its opening.

Research and conservation[]

Osaka Aquarium are focusing on research on sharks and Rays.[11] By 2016, Kaiyukan had successfully captivity or breding 47 species of sharks, 37 species of rays, and 1 species of ghost shark, for a total of 85 species.[11] In addition, the past eight surveys of tagging whale sharks have revealed that they can migrate to the Philippines and dive to a depth of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[12][13]　

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan has a research center in Iburi, Kochi Prefecture, where fish swimming tests and animals to be brought in are carried out in tanks with a water volume of 1,600,000 litres (423,000 US gal) and a water volume of 3,300,000 litres (872,000 US gal). [14][15][2] although it was not exhibited at the aquarium, we succeeded in captivity of Pelagic thresher for 26 days at the Research Center in Iburi, Kochi Prefecture.[11] Other captivity such as Chilean devil ray, which has not been recorded since Georgia Aquarium captivity in Taiwan, was also successful at the research center.[11] In 2001, the published a research book at the Research Center, publishing the knowledge accumulated by the Osaka aquarium over 10 years on 567 species of fish in 136 families. The research book later received the Kochi Prefecture Academic Publishing Award.[16][15]

In addition, since the opening of the Osaka Aquarium, it has succeeded in breeding Spotted Seal, Pelagic stingray, California Sealion, Sea otter, etc., and received the breeding award from JAZA.[16][2][17]aquariums also focusing on breeding and cultivation other than aquatic organisms, and in 1993, aquariums received the breeding award from JAZA for the first successful breeding of Spur-winged Lapwing in Japan.[17] In addition, about 200 species of plants are exhibited in the Japanese forest area inside the building.[17]

Research and conservation will be reported in Bulletin "kaiyu(かいゆう)".[18]

Architecture and name[]

The Kaiyukan's conceptual design, architecture, and exhibit design was led by Peter Chermayeff of Peter Chermayeff LLC while at Cambridge Seven Associates.[1] Peter Chermayeff also builds the Lisbon Oceanarium and other buildings.

TV personality Emiko Kaminuma states that it is her role to decide the name "海遊館 Kaiyukan" in Japanese. [19] Kaminuma, who was a member of the name selection committee among the common candidates starting from Marin, chose Kaiyukan, which had only one vote, and said, "It is better to make it an impactful'Kaiyukan'". Emiko Kaminuma said, "There is no impact with a mundane name that starts with Marin. If you express it in three kanji characters, the meaning will be easier to understand, and it will have an easy-to-understand impact like  [ja] (夢工場). There is. " As a result, it was not named after Marine, which has a large number of votes, but was named Kaiyukan. [19]

Facilities[]

The themes, displays and their respective organisms at Kaiyukan are as follows.[20]

Aqua gate[]

Japan Forests[]

Aleutian Islands[]

Monterey Bay[]

Panama Bay[]

Ecuadorian Jungle[]

Antarctica[]

  • Variety of penguins[27]

Tasmanian Sea[]

Great Barrier Reef[]

The Pacific Ocean[]

This is largest tank in the aquarium.

Seto Inland Sea[]

The Giant Kelp Forest[]

Chilean Rocks[]

Cook Strait[]

  • Sea tortoises and other species etc[34]

Japanese Trench[]

Jellyfish Zone[]

Deep sea Zone[]

Maldives sea(tatting tank)[]

Falkland Island[]

  • Rockhopper Penguin[37]

Arctic[]

[5]

Gallery[]

Aqua gate

  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan 2013-09F.JPG
  • 1 Chome Kaigandōri, Minato-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu 552-0022, Japan - panoramio - jetsun.jpg
  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (5262319413).jpg

penguins

  • Kaiyukan, Osaka, Japan (9229056167).jpg
  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan 3-24 (26216339690).jpg
  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan 3-24 (26489093555).jpg

Tasmanian Sea tank

  • Dolphins (3595430038).jpg
  • Osaka Aquarium(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens).jpg
  • サンタ (8276813559).jpg

The Pacific Ocean tank

  • Whale Watching at the Osaka Aquarium.jpg
  • Kaiyukan manta ray.jpg
  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (5262933558).jpg

Japanese Trench tank

  • Japanese-spidercrab.jpg
  • Spider crabs at the Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka close below.jpg
  • Spider crab at the Kaiyukan in Osaka, Japan.JPG

Maldives sea pour

  • People touch fishes at Osaka Aquarium 01.jpg
  • People touch fishes at Osaka Aquarium 02.jpg
  • People touch fishes at Osaka Aquarium 03.jpg

Jellyfish Zone

  • Small.Jellyfish.Osaka.jpg
  • Jellyfish (6159273286).jpg
  • Jellyfish, Osaka Aquarium.jpg

See also[]

Notes[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "海遊館ヒストリー". 海遊館.
  3. ^ "Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan)". frommers.com. Frommer's. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Us". kaiyukan.com. Osaka Waterfront Development Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Exhibition". kaiyukan.com. Osaka Waterfront Development Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  6. ^ "List of Aquariums" (PDF). jazga.or.jp. Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 12 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Osaka Aquarium". gojapango.com. GoJapanGo. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. ^ "上越市新水族博物館の整備に係る有識者検討委員会報告書" (PDF). 上越市新水族博物館.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "国内水族館で初めての達成!感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです まもなく 7,500 万人目のお客様をお迎えします!" (PDF). 海遊館.
  10. ^ "Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan - Osaka Travel Guide | Planetyze". Planetyze. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "機関誌「かいゆう」 2016年4月【vol.19】" (PDF). 大阪海遊館.
  12. ^ "ジンベエザメの回遊経路調査について". 大阪海遊館.
  13. ^ "太平洋でがんばれ　ジンベエザメを故郷に放流　海遊館". 朝日新聞デジタル.
  14. ^ "大阪海遊館 海洋生物研究所 以布利センター". 大阪海遊館.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "Osaka Aquarium Biological Research Institute of Iburi Center (OBIC)". 大阪海遊館.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "機関誌「かいゆう」 2018年4月【vol.21】" (PDF). 大阪海遊館.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b c 海遊館 広報室・飼育展示部 (1997). 超水族館のウラ・おもて 海遊館ものがたり. 日経大阪PR企画出版部（編）. 日経大阪PR. ISBN 978-4-532-69001-4.
  18. ^ "機関誌「かいゆう」". 大阪海遊館.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "連載　「世界 水族館巡り」　2017年10月号". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  20. ^ "kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  21. ^ "Aqua gate kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  22. ^ "Japan Forest kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  23. ^ "Aleutian Islands kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  24. ^ "Monterey Bay kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  25. ^ "Panama Bay kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  26. ^ "Ecuadorian Jungle kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  27. ^ "Antarctica kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  28. ^ "Tasmanian Sea kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  29. ^ "Great Barrier Reef kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  30. ^ "The Pacific Ocean kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  31. ^ "Seto Inland Sea kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  32. ^ "The Giant Kelp Forest kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  33. ^ "Chilean Rocks kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  34. ^ "Cook Strait kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  35. ^ "Japanese Trench kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  36. ^ "Jellyfish Area kaiyukan explore". Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  37. ^ "Rockhopper Penguin". animalonplanet.com.

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