Osaka Kaiyukan (Aquarium)

Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas). Equador rainforest tank.

Finally! I finally visited the Osaka Aquarium last Sunday. I absolutely love the place. The price is a bit steep but it is worth every penny. There are sixteen tanks, the largest of which is the Pacific Ocean tank which houses the great whale shark. Below are the photos taken at the aquarium. For more photos, please visit my flickr album.


A faithful recreation of the Great Barrier reef


The Equador Rainforest tank


The Garibaldi fish, Kelp forest tank


Sardines, anchovies and perjerries. Coast of Chile tank


The Whale shark. Pacific Ocean tank


I am the man! The Manta ray, Pacific Ocean tank. I like this picture a lot because of the pose but it is not clear. There are clearer pictures of the ray in the flickr album


The Pacific Ocean tank. Whale shark, manta ray and the bluefin tunas.


Penguin in motion. Antartica tank


Diving. Antartica tank


Giant Spider Crabs. Japan Deeps tank


Moon Jellyfishes


Atlantic Sea nettles. They look like aliens in one of those sci-fi movies.


Lion's mane jellyfish


Pacific Sea nettles


Black sea nettles


Bell Jellies


Close up of the bell jelly


Watch out! Pacific Ocean tank.


One of my favourite pictures from the set. Tentacles.