Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium

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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
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Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium
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Date opened1 July 2015
LocationSendai, Miyagi, Japan
No. of animals50,000
No. of species300
Volume of largest tank990,000 litres (262,000 US gal)
Total volume of tanks3,100,000 litres (819,000 US gal)
MembershipsJAZA
Major exhibitsBlue shark
Dolphins' show
ManagementYokohama Hakkeijima[1]
Websitewww.uminomori.jp/umino/index.html

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium (仙台うみの杜水族館, Sendai Umino-Mori Suizokukan) is a public aquarium located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[2]

Exhibits[]

Dolphin show

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium was opened in 2015 as a successor to Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium, which had been open for 88 years.

Commerson's dolphin and Finless porpoise are inhabited by individuals inherited from the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium and fish that inhabit Sanriku.[3]

The facility is a two-story building with 100 fish tanks. Inside the building, there is a dolphin and sea lion show pool that can accommodate about 1,000 people.[4]

Captive blue sharks[]

As a fish of Sanriku, aquariums are focusing on rearing and exhibiting blue sharks. Blue sharks are bred in a cylindrical tank separate from the large tank. Initially, most of the captivity did not last long.

In 2017, Started Raising three blue sharks one of those with a total length of about 2 m (6.6 ft) succeeded in exceeding 246 days of Tokyo Sea Life Park, which is the longest rearing record so far, and succeeded in rearing 252 days.[5] [6] In addition, the blue shark, which started rearing in 2018, succeeded in inhabiting 873 days until it died in December 2020, and the habitat record of captive blue sharks was significantly updated.[7][8]

The blue shark, which was the most alive in captivity, was captured in Shizugawa Bay on July 27, 2018 and taken to the Public Aquarium. The total length at the time of delivery was 51 cm (1.67 ft), the estimated weight was 345g, and the age was about 1 year old. After that, it lived for 873 days, but died due to factors such as disordered swimming due to dehydration. At the time of death, the total length was 114 cm (3.74 ft) and the weight was 4kg. This growth rate is said to be the same as that of wild blue sharks.[9]

History[]

Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium[]

Exterior of Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium

Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium (Marinpia Matsushima Suizokukan (マリンピア松島水族館、)) is an aquarium that once existed in Matsushima Town, Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture. It opened on April 1, 1927 and closed on May 10, 2015.

Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium was a public aquarium operated by . In Japan, it was the second longest-running aquarium after Uozu Aquarium. However, in 2001, due to aging, began to consider renewal.[10] After that, the number of visitors decreased due to the opening of Oga Aquarium Gao and Aquamarine Fukushima. In 2009, Sendai City announced plans to relocate the aquarium to Takasago Central Park in Sendai Port.[10]

However, in February 2010, the operating company Sendai express canceled its investment due to the lack of prospects for raising funds.[11] Then, in 2013, Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium participated in the management, and six companies including Yokohama Hakkeijima invested to establish "Sendai Aquarium Development Co., Ltd."[12] The new company built a new Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in the hinterland of Sendai Port, where the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium was supposed to move, and opened on July 1, 2015. Sendai express, which operates the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium, will not invest in this, but the newly constructed aquarium will accept animals from the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium.[13]

After the Great East Japan Earthquake[]

In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake flooded the building and broke the circulation pump, killing animals such as Ocean sunfish, Jellyfish, Tropical fish, and Pygmy sperm whale.[14][15][16] As a result, aquariums received new tropical fish and jellyfish from Kamo Aquarium and Osaka Aquarium and Kagoshima Aquarium.[17][16]

Facilities[]

Floor (1F)[]

  • Welcome Hall
  • The seas of Japan
    • 1. The Submarine Forest of Sea pineapple (Maboya)
    • 2. Sparkling of Life
    • 3. Oyashio, Cold Current
    • 4. Irodori, Sea of seaweed
    • 5. Tairyo, Great Fish
    • 6. Naiwan, Sea of Blessing
    • 7. Amamo, Sea Cradel
    • 8. Higate, Cultivating Sea Life
    • 9. Shinkai, Deep Sea
    • 10. UMINO－MORI Lab.
    • 11. The Hirose River, the Source of Sea
  • UMINO-MORI Beach

Floor (2F)[]

  • 12. The Gallery for People
  • 13. Scene I Oceania
  • 14. Scene II Europe
  • 15. Scene III Africa
  • 16. Scene IV North America and South America
  • 17. Scene V Asia
  • 18. Our Mother Sea
  • 19. Communication Wall
  • 20. Jellyfish Room
  • The Plaza of Marine Animals (supported by Mitsui Life)

Shops[]

  • Cabana
  • Umimori shop Museum Shop
  • Wakuwaku ocean Food Court[18]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "海と島と生きもののテーマパーク". 横浜・八景島シーパラダイス.
  2. ^ "Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium". 2017-02-22.
  3. ^ "仙台うみの杜水族館、復興の象徴　共に成長する姿". . 2015-06-24. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ 2015年春開業目指す「仙台水族館」概要発表－東北最大級のショーも 2021-05-01
  5. ^ "ヨシキリザメ、展示を再開　うみの杜水族館". . 2017-02-22. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ "＜うみの杜水族館＞ヨシキリザメ飼育　新記録". . 2016-06-24. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  7. ^ "【国内最長記録を更新！】ヨシキリザメ展示中。ぜひご覧ください！". November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ "ヨシキリザメ死亡について" (PDF). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  9. ^ "ヨシキリザメ№25について 仙台うみの杜水族館公式サイト". 24 January 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b マリンピア松島水族館移転問題、 仙台港背後地に証券化で新水族館開発へ 2021-05-01
  11. ^ （仮称）仙台水族館への出資について 2021-05-01
  12. ^ 仙台水族館（仮称）設置に向けて新会社を設立 - 2021-05-01
  13. ^ 復興象徴の水族館、１５年春仙台に開業　横浜八景島も参画／神奈川 2021-05-01
  14. ^ "宮城・松島水族館、８８年の歴史に幕　震災乗り越えるも老朽化に勝てず". 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  15. ^ "水族館に笑顔再び　松島43日ぶり営業再開". 産経新聞. 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "震災被害受けた水族館でペンギン誕生 宮城". . 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  17. ^ "松島町　マリンピア松島水族館". 2014. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  18. ^ "Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium". Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium.

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