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The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (沖縄美ら海水族館, Okinawa Churaumi Suizokukan), formerly known as the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium, is a public aquarium located within the Ocean Expo Park in Okinawa, Japan. The aquarium's Kuroshio sea tank was the largest aquarium tank in the world until it was surpassed by the Georgia Aquarium in 2005.
The main tank of the aquarium facility that was opened at Expo was the largest indoor aquarium in the world at that time with a water volume of 1,100,000 litres (291,000 US gal). After that, we continued to use the Aquarium facility used in Expo'75 and opened it as the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium.
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is located within the Ocean Expo Commemorative National Government Park. The aquarium consists of four floors, with tanks containing deep sea creatures, sharks, coral and tropical fish.
The new species, known as Churaumiastra hoshi, was named after the Churaumi Okinawa Aquarium, scientists said. Churaumi translates to “beautiful sea,” “-astra” is the feminine word for ...
Manta alfredi at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. The Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium acquired mantas in 1978 which survived for four days. [58] [59] In addition, at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, a male manta ray, which started captivity in 1992 at its predecessor, the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium, was recorded to have lived for approximately 23 years. [60]
The arboretum was established in August 1976 on the site of the 1975 Okinawa Ocean Expo, and describes itself as the only tropical and subtropical arboretum in Japan with Okinawan climate. Its mission is education and the promotion of the urban afforestation, with sample gardens including nearly 37,500 plants representing 320 species of ...
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 .
This video shows an adorable marriage proposal that occurred in front of the beluga whale exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The woman in this video describes it as the perfect proposal ...