| Kyoto-fu Kyoto-shi - Kyoto Aquarium 京都府京都市 - 京都水族館
Kyoto Aquarium 京都水族館 opened in March 2012 and is only 10 min walk from JR Kyoto Station 京都駅. The aquarium is the first one in Japan that uses 100% artificial sea water, and is the largest in-land aquarium in Japan. The nearest train stations are Kyoto stations 京都駅 of JR Toukaidou Shinkansen 東海道新幹線 / Toukaidou Main Line 東海道本線 / Kosei Line 湖西線 / Sanin Main Line 山陰本線 / Nara Line 奈良線 & Kintetsu 近鉄 Kyoto Line 京都線 & Kyoto Municipal Management Subway 京都市営地下鉄 Karasuma Line 烏丸線. | ||
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| Front entrance | Gashapon (capsule) machines at the front gate selling aquarium related products | Seal enjoying the sun |
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| Seal area | Water tunnel having penguins swimming above you | Water tunnel having penguins swimming above you |
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| Circular windows on the ceiling : Ray | Circular windows on the ceiling : Ray | Circular observation tube for the main tank |
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| Main observation window of the main tank | Main observation window of the main tank | Main observation window of the main tank |
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| People looking at the main tank | People looking at the main tank | An eel at one of the observation port of the main tank |
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| Looking back to the Seal area from the Penguin area. Sometimes a seal would turn up in the circular tube to interact with the audience | Exhibits showing the heights of different penguins | Exhibits showing the heights of different penguins |
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| Penguin area | Penguin area | Penguin area |
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| Penguin area | Penguin area | Penguin area |
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| Turtle in the main tank | Upper floor view of the main observation window of the main tank | Tiny transparent jellyfishes in a small tank |
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| Moon Jellyfishes in a small tank | Moon Jellyfishes in a small tank | Jellyfishes in a small tank |
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| Octopus | Moon Jellyfishes in a large tank | Moon Jellyfishes in a large tank |
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| Nautilus and Horseshoe Crab in a large tank. Unfortunately both hid themselves and cannot be seen clearly in this photo, and is too dark to have a closer one. | Dolphin show | Audience of the Dolphin show |
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| Dolphin show | Dolphin show | Dolphin show |
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| Dolphin show | Dolphin show | Dolphin show |
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| Dolphin show | Dolphin show | Dolphin show |
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| Staff cleaning up the stage of the dolphin show | Dolphin training after the show. They did not clear up the theatre, so some people stayed and took photos of the training. | Dolphin training after the show |
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| Outdoor resting area | Resting area | Small Japanese garden |