OSAKA AQUARIUM

Osaka Aquarium is one of the largest aquariums in the world. Osaka Aquarium features the display of two whale sharks.

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (海遊館 ,Kaiyūkan, known as the KAIYUKAN) is one of the largest public aquariums in the world. Osaka Aquarium is located in Tempozan in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay.

Osaka Aquarium

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 a variety of fish including manta-rays and a pair of whale sharks.

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 centimetres 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.

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is located five minutes' walk from Osakako Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line. The Tempozan Ferris wheel is located next to the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan.  You can find the location of Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan on our Osaka Map.