Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 沖縄美ら海水族館
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 沖縄美ら海水族館 is located inside Kaiyohaku Kouen (Ocean Expo Park) 海洋博公園 in Nago-shi 名護市, around 2-3 hour's drive north of Naha-shi 那覇市.
The aquarium is famous for its large tank (7500 m^3), which house 3 big Whale Sharks, 4 Manta Rays, plus many others.
There is no train service in Nago-shi 名護市.
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| The Whale Shark monument at the entrance of the aquarium
| Sea Turtle decoration near the entrance
| Photograph board near the entrance
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| Corridor near the entrance
| Manta Ray decoration at the end of the corridor
| Whale Shark decoration below the end of the corridor
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| Whale Shark decoration
| View of the main building from the Sea Turtle section of the aquarium. The Sea Turtle section is free of charge
| View of the main building from the Sea Turtle section of the aquarium
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| The Sea Turtle section
| The Sea Turtle section. They are huge, longer than 1 meter in length
| The Sea Turtle section
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| Signboard introducing the various sections of the main aquarium building
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| A giant Grouper
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| Lobsters
| Squid
| Jellyfishes
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| Jellyfishes
| Now comes the main tank : Kuroshio Sea 黒潮の海 - Manta Rays
| Whale Shark
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| Manta Ray
| Ray
| Whale Shark and Manta Ray
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| Manta Rays and Shark
| Whale Shark
| Manta Rays
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| Manta Rays
| Manta Ray
| Whale Shark
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| Whale Shark
| Whale Shark and Manta Ray
| Whale Shark and Manta Rays
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| Whale Shark and Manta Ray
| Whale Shark
| Whale Shark
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| Manta Ray
| Whale Shark
| Whale Shark
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| Whale Shark
| Rays
| Manta Ray
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| Whale Shark
| Man and Ray
| Introduction to some of the species in Kuroshio Sea 黒潮の海
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| Moving to the Shark section - Jaws !
| Shark
| Shark
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| Sharks
| The legendary Giant Squid
| The 603mm acrylic pillar, having the same material and width as the panels in Kuroshio Sea 黒潮の海
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Movie section
Three ways to watch these movies :
1. Click on the images to view them in your browser
2. Right-click on the images to save the mp4 files to your PC, then click on them in Windows Explorer to view it
3. Click on the "Link to YouTube" links to view them in YouTube (***recommended ***, please manually select HD 1080p for best result)
Note : You might want to lower the sound volume down to minimum as those are field noises
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Manta Rays
44 sec 15.3MB
Link to YouTube
| Whale Sharks
19 sec 07.2MB
Link to YouTube
| Whale Shark
26 sec 10.0MB
Link to YouTube
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Manta Rays
49 sec 14.8MB
Link to YouTube
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