The Kaiyukan Aquarium

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (海遊館 Kaiyūkan) is one of the largest aquariums in the world. It is located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixels, file size: 665 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka, Japan. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixels, file size: 665 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka, Japan. ... “Aquaria” redirects here. ... Minato (港区; -ku) is a ward in Osaka, Japan, on Osaka Bay. ... Osaka Castle (ÅŒsaka-jō) Location in Japan Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan) Osaka railway station The Osaka Tower (TsÅ«tenkaku) Osaka City   listen? (大阪市; ÅŒsaka-shi) is the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ...

The walk-through aquarium displays several habitats in 16 tanks, along with the marine life inside them. The habitats are from the Ring of Fire and the Ring of Life areas of the Pacific Ocean. The largest tank holds 5,400 cubic metres of water and houses three whale sharks. “The Ring of Fire” redirects here. ... Binomial name Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a large, distinctively marked member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes. ...

The tanks used in the aquarium are made of 314 tonnes of acrylic glass - roughly 1.5 times the world's annual production. 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 not only be unwieldy, but would not have a desirable amount of transparency. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or poly (methyl 2-methylpropenoate) is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. ... This article is about the material. ...

Kaiyukan is located five minutes' walk from Osakako Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line. The Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel is located next to the aquarium. Osakako Station ) is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. ... The Osaka Municipal Subway (大阪市営地下鉄, ÅŒsaka-shiei-chikatetsu) is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan. ... a train of the Chuo Line The Chūō Line ) is one of the lines of Osaka Municipal Subway, the rapid transit system in Osaka City, Japan. ... Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel in Osaka, Japan With the height of 112. ...

Gallery

Whale shark in Kaiyukan Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 291 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original summary at enwiki was: Photo taken by Bobak HaEri. ... Binomial name (Smith, 1828) Range of whale shark The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. ...	The penguin tank Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 1792 pixels, file size: 305 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Penguins as the Osaka Aquarium Photo taken by me on July 1, 2006. ... Modern genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus For prehistoric genera, see Systematics Some penguins are curious. ...	Sea turtle Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (1792 × 1200 pixels, file size: 539 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A sea turtle at the Osaka Aquarium Photo taken by me on July 1, 2006. ... Genera Family Cheloniidae (Oppel, 1811) Caretta Chelonia Eretmochelys Lepidochelys Natator Family Dermochelyidae Dermochelys Family Protostegidae (extinct) Family Toxochelyidae (extinct) Family Thalassemyidae (extinct) Sea turtles (Superfamily Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the worlds oceans except the Arctic Ocean. ...	Pacific Ocean tank Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 1792 pixels, file size: 250 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Pacific Ocean Tank at the Osaka Aquarium Photo taken by me on July 1, 2006. ...
Lizard Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2000 × 1333 pixels, file size: 456 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan. ...	Otters Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2000 × 1333 pixels, file size: 392 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan. ...	A tiny crab Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 561 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 701 pixels, file size: 196 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan. ...

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Osaka Aquarium

• Official website (English)
• Things to Sea in Japan: Kaiyukan Aquarium (English) (illustrated visit report)