OSAKA AQUARIUMOsaka Aquarium is one of the largest aquariums in the world. Osaka Aquarium features the display of two whale sharks.Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan) is one of the largest aquariums in the world. Osaka Aquarium obtains its Japanese name from the Japanese word Kaiyukan literally means 'Playing in the Sea Pavilion'. In this aquarium, visitors can enjoy creatures as if they are playing together in the sea. Osaka Aquarium is located in Tempozan in the Osaka Bay Area.
Osaka Aquarium consists of 15 water tanks centered on a
single huge tank holding 11,000 tons of water (the world's top-class
by volume). Osaka Aquarium is home to 580 species and 30,000 marine
animals from the Pacific Rim everything from strangely delightful
jellyfish, to playfully chortling sea otters, to dolphins, penguins.
Among them, giant whale shark, the largest fish on earth, named
'Kai-kun' is the most popular creature of all. |

