A large tank in the which is open to the public free of charge at Bay side place Hakata . Aeon Mall Rycom Aquarium in Okinawa 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 Hekinan Seaside Aquarium, Hekinan, Aichi Minamichita Beachland Aquarium, Mihama, Aichi Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium , Nagoya, Aichi Sea Life Nagoya , Nagoya, Aichi Takeshima Aquarium, Gamagōri, Aichi Akita Prefecture Aomori Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Ehime Prefecture Fukui Prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture Hokkaidō Otaru Aquarium , Otaru, Hokkaidō Wakkanai Noshappu Cold Aquarium, Wakkanai, Hokkaido Sun Piaza Aquarium, Sapporo, Hokkaido AOAO SAPPORO, Sapporo, Hokkaido Sapporo Salmon Museum, Sapporo, Hokkaido Shibetsu Salmon Science Museum , Shibetsu, Hokkaido Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe , Noboribetsu, Hokkaido kushiro Aquarium Pukupuku, kushiro, Hokkaido Chitose Aquarium , Chitose, Hokkaido Yama no Aquarium, kitami, Hokkaido Muroran Aquarium, Muroran, Hokkaido Okhotsk Aquarium, Abashiri, Hokkaido (closed) Hyōgo Prefecture Atoa, Kobe, Hyōgo Aqua tojo, Katō, Hyōgo Minatoyama Aquarium, Kobe, Hyōgo Kobe Suma Sea World , Kobe, Hyōgo Kinosaki Marine World, Toyooka, Hyōgo Himeji Aquarium, Himeji, Hyōgo Kobe School Aquarium AQUA TEXT, kobe, Hyōgo Ibaraki Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Kuji Underground Aquarium and Science Museum Moguranpia, Kuji, Iwate Ishikawa Prefecture Kagawa Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Aburatsubo Marine Park Aquarium, Miura, Kanagawa (closed) Aquarium Sagamihara, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Hakone-en Aquarium, Hakonemachi, Kanagawa kawasaki Aquarium, kawasaki, Kanagawa Kitazato Aquarium Lab, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Enoshima Aquarium , Fujisawa, Kanagawa Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise , Yokohama, Kanagawa Makado Sea Marine Park (in Makado Elementary School ), Yokohama, Kanagawa Yomiuri Land Seal Pavilion, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Yokohama Fortune Aquarium , Yokohama, Kanagawa Kōchi Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture Mie Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Miyazaki Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Nara Prefecture Ōita Prefecture Okayama Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Shimane Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Izu Andyland, Kawazu, Shizuoka Izu Mito Sea Paradise, Numazu, Shizuoka Yogyo Aquarium, Suntō, Shizuoka Wotto Hamanako Aquatic Experience Center, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium, Numazu, Shizuoka Marine Science Museum, Tokai University, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Shimoda Floating Aquarium, Shimoda, Shizuoka SMART AQUARiUM SHIZUOKA, Shizuoka City , Shizuoka Tochigi Prefecture Tokushima Prefecture 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 Wakayama Prefecture Adventure World , Shirahama, Wakayama Shirahama Aquarium , Shirahama, Wakayama Taiji Whale Museum, Taiji, Wakayama Kushimoto Marine Park Center, Kushimoto, Wakayama Wakayama Pref. Museum of Natural History, Kainan, Wakayama Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History , Kainan, Wakayama Susami Crustacean Aquarium, Susami, Wakayama [5] Yamagata Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture See also 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 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Public aquariums in Japan .