Any Aquariums worth visiting?

topic says it all... let me know what you think

thanks!

Hi there. I went to the Fukushima Aquarium while I was staying with my friend and I enjoyed it a lot.

The most amusing thing about going through an aquarium, is that Japanese people will point and say that EVERY fish "looks delicious!!" ... XDD Maybe it was just my friends though..

Japan is a big place, where will you be? Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka is awesome and its Whale Shark Yu-chan is so big!

I have been to 2 aquariums in Japan. The one on top of Sunshine City in Ikebukuro is not bad. But I really liked the Yokohama Hakkeijima Aquarium though as it has a nice dolphin tank (dolphins swiming above your head!), and a seal and (white whale?) exhibit.

I enjoyed the one at Sunshine 60, as well as the one at Miyajima

Though it depends on which city you will visit, my best 3 are :

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, where we can see huge whale sharks and manta rays in the world biggest acrylic window.
http://www.kaiyouhaku.com/en/index.html

Nagoya Port Aquarium, which is famous for the research of sae turtles. But I can spend hours by watching penguines!
http://www.nagoyaaqua.jp/aqua/othe/engl/index.html

Osaka Kaiyukan
http://www.kaiyukan.com/eng/index.htm

In the Tokyo area I think Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Aquarium is the best. We loved the dolphin show!

Plus after you get done with the aquarium you can go on the roller coaster and other rides!

It is in Tokyo, Keikyu line from Shinagawa station to Omori Kaigan station. It has good seal and dolphin show.

At the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Aquarium, is the "1 Day Pass" basically an 'access all areas' pass? What I mean to say is, are all the shows, exhibitions, rides etc all available to you if you buy that pass?

Yes an all day pass gets you admission to the aquarium, dolphin fantasy and all the rides (the operational ones, when we went, Blue Fall wasn't working).

It is 4900 yen per adult for the pass, here is the website in English:

http://www.seaparadise.co.jp/english/index.html

Hope it helps! Oh and if you bring children, my kids really enjoyed this one area where when the tide is low, they can dig for crabs......