List of aquaria in Japan

Don Quijote has installed large aquariums in more than 10 stores throughout Japan.

This is a list of aquaria (public aquariums) in Japan. For zoos, see list of zoos in Japan. Also, For worlds, see List of aquaria.

Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include public aquariums, oceanariums, marine mammal parks, and dolphinariums.

Japan has the largest number of public aquariums per capita in the world.^[1] There are many small public aquariums in Japan and many are not on this list.

Some aquariums that are considered to be of high academic value are, have been designated as registered museums or museum-equivalent designated facilities by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.^[2]

In addition, large fish tanks are often installed at large commercial facilities, stations, and airport, Large commercial facilities such as Aeon mall, Lalaport, Don Quijote etc, all of which are open to the public for free.

Aichi Prefecture

Akita Prefecture

Oga Aquarium Gao, Oga, Akita

Aomori Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

Ehime Prefecture

Nijino mori Park Aquarium Osakanakan (The Aquarium of Shimantogawa River), Matsuno, Ehime
Nagako Aquarium (in Nagahama high School), Nagahama, Ehime

Fukui Prefecture

Echizen Matsushima Aquarium, Sakai, Fukui

Fukuoka Prefecture

Marine World Uminonakamichi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Fukushima Prefecture

Gifu Prefecture

Gunma Prefecture

Minakami Water Travel Road Station, Fisheries Learning Center, Minakami, Gunma

Hiroshima Prefecture

Miyajima Public Aquarium (Marine Plaza Miyajima), Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
Fukuyama University Marine Biocenter Aquarium, Onomichi, Hiroshima
Mariho Aquarium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima

Hokkaidō

Hyōgo Prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture

Kuji Underground Aquarium and Science Museum Moguranpia, Kuji, Iwate

Ishikawa Prefecture

Notojima Aquarium, Notojima, Ishikawa

Kagawa Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

Kōchi Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

Kumamoto Prefecture

Mie Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

Nagano Prefecture

Alps Azumino National Government Park (Azumino school aquarium), Azumino, Nagano
Tateshina Amusement Aquarium, Chino, Nagano

Nagasaki Prefecture

Niigata Prefecture

Nara Prefecture

Nara kingyo musiam, Nara city, Nara

Ōita Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Tamano Marine Museum, Tamano, Okayama

Okinawa Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture

Saitama Aquarium, Hanyu, Saitama

Shiga Prefecture

Shimane Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

Tochigi Prefecture

Nakagawa Aquatic Park, Tochigi, Tochigi

Tokushima Prefecture

Sea Nature Museum Marine Jam, Kaiyō, Tokushima

Tokyo

Aqua Park Shinagawa, Minato, Tokyo
Art Aquarium Museum, Ginza, Tokyo
Ogasawara_marine_centre, Ogasawara, Tokyo
Sunshine Aquarium, Toshima, Tokyo
Tokyo Sea Life Park, Edogawa, Tokyo
Shinagawa Aquarium, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Sumida Aquarium, Sumida, Tokyo
Adachi Park of Living Things, Adachi, Tokyo
Itabashi Botanical aquarium(at Itabashi Botanical Garden), Itabashi, Tokyo

Toyama Prefecture

Uozu Aquarium, Uozu, Toyama

Wakayama Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture

Kamo Aquarium, Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture

Fuji Yusui no Sato Aquarium, Oshino, Yamanashi

Notes

^ "運営:主体別からみた水族館の施設マネジ、メントの実態と課題" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "法律上の位置付けがある登録博物館・指定施設". 文化庁. 2024-02-27.
^ "二見シーパラダイス｜伊勢のふれあい水族館！". 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22.
^ "Lake Biwa Museum, Japan". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
^ "Susami Crustacean Aquarium".

References

"List of Aquariums" (PDF). jazga.or.jp. Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Retrieved 12 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
List of Aquariums in Japan

[:1-1] "運営:主体別からみた水族館の施設マネジ、メントの実態と課題" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[2] "法律上の位置付けがある登録博物館・指定施設". 文化庁. 2024-02-27.

[3] "二見シーパラダイス｜伊勢のふれあい水族館！". 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22.

[4] "Lake Biwa Museum, Japan". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

[5] "Susami Crustacean Aquarium".

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