Kagoshima Aquarium | |
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31°35′45″N 130°33′53″E / 31.5959°N 130.5646°E | |
Date opened | May 30, 1997 |
Location | Kagoshima city, Kagoshima, Japan |
Land area | 13,163 m2 (141,690 sq ft) |
Volume of largest tank | 1,500,000 litres (396,000 US gal) |
Total volume of tanks | 3,200,000 litres (845,000 US gal) [1] |
Memberships | JAZA |
Public transit access | Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau |
Website |
ioworld |
The Kagoshima Aquarium ( ja:いおワールドかごしま水族館, Io World Kagoshima suizokukan) is a Public Aquarium of Kagoshima City located in Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima City Honkoshinmachi. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA). [2]
Opened on May 30, 1997. [3] [4] The Kagoshima coast, which is washed by Kuroshio, and Kagoshima Bay marine life are mainly exhibited, but brackish water and river life are also handled. The specialties are whale shark (Yuyu) and Satsumahaorimushi. The Japanese name "Io" is Kagoshima dialect and means fish. [5] Total project cost is about 12.7 billion yen. [4] The appearance is an image of Stingray. [4] Kagoshima Aquarium is the first aquarium in Japan to successfully feed Chinese sturgeon and display under salt water. [6] In October 2011, the number of visitors reached 10 million. [7] At the end of the route, the "Sea of Silence", which was conceived by the first director, Hiromasa Yoshida, is displayed along with the text. The creatures are not exhibited inside and are filled only with water, but it is said that this is to make people think about the marine environment. [8]
The hall is from the 5th floor to the 2nd basement floor, and you can walk along the route to see it.
The Kagoshima Aquarium has a large Kuroshio tank with a water volume of 1,500,000 litres (396,000 US gal), but it is not large enough to captivity whale sharks that easily exceed 10 m (33 ft) when grown. [11] Therefore, the Kagoshima Aquarium is exhibited and captivity by the "Kagoshima method", in which training is conducted to return to the wild before the body length reaches 5.8 m (19 ft), and then returned to the wild. A transmitter is attached to the whale shark that returns to the sea, and it has been successful in grasping the migration route of the whale shark. [12]。
The whale sharks raised in the Kuroshio Tank have been called "Yuyu" for generations and are gaining popularity among visitors.
It was planned to be exhibited as a highlight from the beginning of the museum in 1997, but it died in March and May of the same year, and it has a history of opening without a whale shark. [4]
A whole-body skeleton specimen of the tropical bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus is displayed in the observation hall on the 5th floor. Tropical bottlenose whales are extremely rare whales, and it is rare to observe whole-body skeleton specimens.
This skeleton specimen is a specimen of an individualNational Museum of Nature and Science, Kagoshima Aquarium, and University of Auckland that was washed ashore in Kagoshima Prefecture Satsumasendai City on July 26, 2002. [15] [16]
The jellyfish corridor opened in March 2017, and is exhibiting the world's first deep-sea inhabited Sanderia malayensis. [17]
In 2020, research by research groups such as Kuroshio Biological Research Institute revealed that the ray that had been bred for 23 years as Rhynchobatus djiddensis since its opening was a new species called Rhynchobatus mononoke. The discovery of a new species of ray in the waters near Japan is said to be the first in about 10 years. [18] [19]
Exterior
Aquarium
Dolphin pool
Kagoshima Aquarium | |
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31°35′45″N 130°33′53″E / 31.5959°N 130.5646°E | |
Date opened | May 30, 1997 |
Location | Kagoshima city, Kagoshima, Japan |
Land area | 13,163 m2 (141,690 sq ft) |
Volume of largest tank | 1,500,000 litres (396,000 US gal) |
Total volume of tanks | 3,200,000 litres (845,000 US gal) [1] |
Memberships | JAZA |
Public transit access | Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau |
Website |
ioworld |
The Kagoshima Aquarium ( ja:いおワールドかごしま水族館, Io World Kagoshima suizokukan) is a Public Aquarium of Kagoshima City located in Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima City Honkoshinmachi. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA). [2]
Opened on May 30, 1997. [3] [4] The Kagoshima coast, which is washed by Kuroshio, and Kagoshima Bay marine life are mainly exhibited, but brackish water and river life are also handled. The specialties are whale shark (Yuyu) and Satsumahaorimushi. The Japanese name "Io" is Kagoshima dialect and means fish. [5] Total project cost is about 12.7 billion yen. [4] The appearance is an image of Stingray. [4] Kagoshima Aquarium is the first aquarium in Japan to successfully feed Chinese sturgeon and display under salt water. [6] In October 2011, the number of visitors reached 10 million. [7] At the end of the route, the "Sea of Silence", which was conceived by the first director, Hiromasa Yoshida, is displayed along with the text. The creatures are not exhibited inside and are filled only with water, but it is said that this is to make people think about the marine environment. [8]
The hall is from the 5th floor to the 2nd basement floor, and you can walk along the route to see it.
The Kagoshima Aquarium has a large Kuroshio tank with a water volume of 1,500,000 litres (396,000 US gal), but it is not large enough to captivity whale sharks that easily exceed 10 m (33 ft) when grown. [11] Therefore, the Kagoshima Aquarium is exhibited and captivity by the "Kagoshima method", in which training is conducted to return to the wild before the body length reaches 5.8 m (19 ft), and then returned to the wild. A transmitter is attached to the whale shark that returns to the sea, and it has been successful in grasping the migration route of the whale shark. [12]。
The whale sharks raised in the Kuroshio Tank have been called "Yuyu" for generations and are gaining popularity among visitors.
It was planned to be exhibited as a highlight from the beginning of the museum in 1997, but it died in March and May of the same year, and it has a history of opening without a whale shark. [4]
A whole-body skeleton specimen of the tropical bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus is displayed in the observation hall on the 5th floor. Tropical bottlenose whales are extremely rare whales, and it is rare to observe whole-body skeleton specimens.
This skeleton specimen is a specimen of an individualNational Museum of Nature and Science, Kagoshima Aquarium, and University of Auckland that was washed ashore in Kagoshima Prefecture Satsumasendai City on July 26, 2002. [15] [16]
The jellyfish corridor opened in March 2017, and is exhibiting the world's first deep-sea inhabited Sanderia malayensis. [17]
In 2020, research by research groups such as Kuroshio Biological Research Institute revealed that the ray that had been bred for 23 years as Rhynchobatus djiddensis since its opening was a new species called Rhynchobatus mononoke. The discovery of a new species of ray in the waters near Japan is said to be the first in about 10 years. [18] [19]
Exterior
Aquarium
Dolphin pool