Oceanarium Kaiyukan Photo: Aquarium Kaiyukan"

Oceanarium Kaiyukan" in Osaka was opened in 1990 and is considered one of the largest in the world. This aquarium city-type that is located indoors. It presents the animals and plants that live near the coasts of continents and Islands of the Pacific ocean, in the so-called Pacific volcanic ring – more than 30 thousand inhabitants, including fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and invertebrates 580 species.

15 aquariums recreated various zones of the Pacific ocean – for example, ecosystems of the Aleutian Islands or the Great Barrier reef. On the eighth floor of man-made noise Japanese forest inhabited by monkeys and birds sing. Also on this level presents colorful fish tropical latitudes and the fish and mammals that live in fresh water.

A journey into the depths of the Pacific ocean at the aquarium "Kaiyukan" in Osaka visitors are offered to start from the top, eighth floor. Visitors on the escalator up to the roof, and then begin to descend down the spiral stairs, looking through the thick glass of the aquariums inhabitants of the ocean.

During the descent down aquarium guests get acquainted with flora and fauna at different depths, and on the first floor, they were met with the inhabitants of the ocean floor. Three middle floors from the sixth to the fourth – is the main reservoir with a height of 9 meters and a displacement of 5, 5 thousand cubic meters, the thickness of its walls is 30 centimeters. The main aquarium is home to sharks, rays, tuna, other fish. A separate aquarium is inhabited by jellyfish and stingrays, there is also an aquarium in the form of a tunnel. Among the inhabitants of the aquarium, you can also see octopus, dolphins, seals, penguins, horseshoe crabs, sea lions and eels.

The aquarium is located on the territory of the entertainment complex Tempozan, the building is easily recognizable by the images of marine animals on his walls. "Kaiyukan" is Japanese Association of zoos and aquariums.

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