【Osaka sightseeing spot】 Osaka’s aquarium Kaiyukan complete guide 7 Recommended

Speaking of Osaka’s aquarium, it is “Kaiyukan”. We Introduce you the attraction of the Kaiyukan that you can enjoy with your family or a couple as well.

About 60% of visitors to the Kaiyukan is repeat their visit. I have been to Kaiyukan  for about 5 or 6 times, It is an aquarium that makes you feel that it is always wonderful..

Kaiyukan is the most recommended place for those who are coming to Osaka for traveling and sightseeing, and thinking about where to go in the rainy day. There is also a complex called marketplace right next to Kaiyukan, so you can enjoy it all day. Please come and have fun. On both hot and cold day, it is also the recommended place to go!!

Please have a look at the elegantly swimming creatures and be healed.

So, we will introduce seven recommendations of the Kaiyutan!

“Recommendation ①” Osaka’s Aquarium is the world’s largest aquarium!

At Kaiyukan, you can meet about 620 species and 30,000 different sea creatures. You can also meet the world’s largest fish species, whale sharks, very cute California sea lion, popular sea otters and Pacific white-sided dolphin. First of all, we introduce what they think to be important.

“Ring of Fire, Ring of Life”

The theme of the Kaiyukan is “The Gaia hypothesis *”

That is to say “All of the creatures that live on Earth

It is one life form acting mutually ”

Forming the Pacific

“The Pacific Rim Volcanic Belt (Ring of Fire)

Many living things live

“The Pacific Rim Life Zone (Ring of Life)”

Based on the concept of those two rings,

they reproduced the natural environment faithfully as much as possible.

To everyone, the wonder and wonder of life,

We hope all of you will feel the importance of the wonder of life and the natural environment.

* British scientist James Lovelock advocates

As this concept of the Kaiyukan, in the middle of the aquarium, there is a huge aquarium “Pacific aquarium”. With this central aquarium, they arranged the other ones of the surrounding sea, faithfully realizing the natural environment.

A huge aquarium can be seen from everywhere, first impression is the sense that it gradually sinks from the top of the ocean to the ocean floor.

“Recommendation ②” Let’s go on a trip to meet living creatures

Tickets are also wonderful with pictures of various creatures.

Aqua gate

The start is an “Aqua Gate” tunnel type aquarium of the underwater tunnel. Colorful fish and fellows of ray will welcome you.

You can see the fish from the side from the bottom, there is a mouth in such a place! Eyes also in this place! And you will be surprised with the various discoveries.

The forest of Japan

This is a “Japanese forest” that changes facial expressions every four seasons. You can see forests and creatures living on the waterside, for example, otters and giant salamanders, and snow crabs. The photo is the back view of the otter … They hardly turn around to us.

Aleutian Archipelago

This is the aquarium for the cute a sea otter that everybody loves. Sea otters are living in a cold and harsh environment on the Kamchatka Peninsula from Alaska.

I can not take my eyes off that face, eating figure, swimming speed underwater

Montalay Bay

Many marine mammals live on rocky areas of the West Coast of the USA. The figure of the swimming of the sea lions and the seals, and the appearance of their eating are very cute. You can also look at the expression of the sea turtle seal that is relaxing close to us in the aquarium. This aquarium can be observed from the land, underwater to the water level as you get off the floor

There is a sea lion “Lapis chan” which only have the performance among them.

please take a look at it! Moving around according to the movement of the staff’s hands. It’s as cute as it seems to be requesting just “play with me!”

If you are lucky, you may be able to meet Lapis!?

Panama Bay

You can meet red bears and lovely Halisenbon that are good at climbing trees and moving actively.

Ecuador Rain forest

It is said that South America’s rain forest is said to have the widest varieties of living things. There are creatures from small animals to huge freshwater fish. You can meet capybara’s relaxed expression and Pirarc. Capybara is also very popular.

Antarctica

Antarctica called “the ice continent”. It is also the coldest place on Earth. You can observe the toddlers’ walking and the figures eating of penguins.

Tasman Sea

The sea spreads between Australia and New Zealand. The friendly dolphins are swimming in front of you or playing with balls, as you go downstairs, you can also observe underwater and plenty of dolphin swimming.

They swam so fast that we could not keep up with the camera with ease. They were playing so well enough to make us think that the ball was attached to the tip of the mouth.

Pacific Ocean

You can watch the reproduced “Pacific Ocean” surrounded by five continents of the world’s largest aquarium with a maximum length of 34 m, a depth of 9 m and a water volume of 5,400 t. The most popular whale shark swims swiftly.

It is very exciting to watch the whale shark eating. You can enjoy large fishes and flocks of fish, as well as many other creatures from above, from below, to the bottom of the ocean

You can also see the staff cleaning the inside of the water

Cook Strait

It is the sea located between New Zealand’s North Island and the South Island. Many unique living things live even in the environment of strong wind and cold sea water. You will be healed by the elegant swim of the sea turtles.

Japan Trench

You can meet deep-sea creatures of unique appearance such as the world’s largest crab called “Spider crabs”.

Next, introduce the new sensing area of Kaiyukan! What is new sensing?

“Recommendation ③” “watch, listen, smell, and touch” Enjoy the new sensing area

It is the new area of sensing that you can watch, listen, small and feel the coldness of the aquarium as well as just see it.

Arctic

The huge seals inhabiting the cold Arctic area always lives with ice. Here, the environment of the Arctic area is reproduced with real ice and snow. Although some aquariums are vacant, you can observe nearby such as odor and cry while experiencing the cold.

Falkland Islands

It is an open-type aquarium that reproduces the real life of the Iwatobi penguins, so you can see lively voices and odors in front of you.

Maldives Islands

This is an aquarium for the experience of contacting. You can actually touch the sharks and rays swimming in front of you and feel it with your skin. Feeling gritty and feeling gooey. How do they feel? You can also experience the appearance of the swimming of the fish in the water with vigor.

“Recommendation ④” Meals Time & Spot Guide

Eating time for creatures. In accordance with that situation, there is also a spot guide where aquarium staffs are introducing the mysterious ecology that you can not understand just by looking.

You can see the eating appearance of the creatures, which is different from the usual times. The food of the whale shark is very impressive to see the food and seawater getting into its mouth steadily and it is a highlight to watch.

Japanese Forest
Otters 11: 30/13: 30/16: 00 every day
Water fowl 16: 15 business days

Aleutian Islands
Sea otter 11: 00 every day / 13: 45/15: 45

Montare Bay
Sea lion, 10: 00/13: 15/15: 15 every day

Panama Bay
Acahanaguma 11: 15 weekdays / 15: 30 business days

Ecuadorian rainforest
Capybara 13: 30 Weekday / 15: 45 Weekday

Antarctica
Penguins at 10:30 every day / 14: 45 every day

Tasmar Sea
Dolphin 11: 30 every day / 14: 00 every day / 16: 00

Pacific Ocean
Pacific fish 10: 30/15: 00

Great Barrier Reef
Coral reef fish 15: 45 Everyday

New experience area
Hamon Seal 10: 45/16: 40
IWATOBI penguin 11: 30/16: 00

Spot guide is carried out everyday, only weekday

※ Meal time, spot guide, time due to circumstances such as living things, may be changed or canceled. Please be careful.

“Recommendation ⑤” From 17 o’clock, Kaiyukan in the evening

The Kaiyukan from 5 o’clock in the evening is “the sea of the night.” It becomes a different fantastic ocean from daytime.

How do you sleep and your cute sleepy face of the sea otters and penguins and fish? And the living creatures of the night that can not be seen in the aquarium in the daytime. You can enjoy a lot of romantic productions . We also recommend the Kaiyukan in the evening.

The appearance of Kaiyukan is also lighted up and it is beautifully glittering.

“Recommendation ⑥” Kaiyukan guide tour (marine mates will guide you)

The marine mates will show you the interesting stories inside out which you hardly know with four guided tours. You can experience the wonders and episodes of living creatures, as well as tours in only back yards.

Subject: More than elementary school student (elementary school student accompanied parents)

Capacity: 20 people

Price: 500 ~ 1,000 yen (It depends on the tour contents)

Advance reservations first

To apply for the day, please go directly to the service counter.

“Recommendation ⑦” Those who go with children are a must-see!

Let’s enjoy the “Kaiyukan Nintendo DS Guide”

You can enjoy games and quizzes that explain living things by video and sound and the game to carefully observe the inside of the aquarium to find creatures.

Bring your Nintendo DS and download the contents for free.

There is also a rental for Nintendo DS (500 yen).

We recommend using earphones to clearly listen to the commentary.

※ Nintendo DS is a registered trademark of Nintendo.

Souvenir official shop

There are plentiful stuffed animals and souvenirs of cute creatures of the Kaiyukan. How about getting them for the memories of Kaiyukan?

Osaka Kaiyukan Access Map

kaiyukan：HP

address:〒552-0022 1-1-10 Kaigan-dori, Minato-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
TEL: 06-6576-5501
Opening hours: AM 10: 00 ~ PM 8: 00 (last entry PM 7: 00)
Admission fee: Adult 2,300 yen
Children (elementary and junior high school students) 1,200 yen
Infant (4 years old and over) ¥ 600