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New Edo Goldfish Wonderland to open at Tokyo Skytree this summer for a...
With lanterns, cocktails and one thousand unusual goldfish, this is the coolest place to hang out in your yukata this summer. Tokyo Skytree’s Sumida Aquarium will be unveiling the biggest display of...
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Kyoto Aquarium teaches us something we never knew about seals: They’re almost...
At least from one angle, anyway. If you were to ask a random person what shape a seal is, you’d probably get one of two responses. One is “Who are you, and what’s with the sudden marine mammal quiz?”...
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Sliding sea lion serenely soothes spectators at Japanese aquarium【Video】
Aquariums can be a lot of fun for visitors, but on this day no one was having a better time than this adorable marine mammal. Do animals really have a firm concept of entertainment? Sure, walk into any...
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Real-life Japan continues to look like bad Photoshop as penguins “fly” in the...
The flightless birds seemingly soar without any CG or image-doctoring. In many ways, Japan lives up to its reputation as a weird wonderland, After all, this is the country where you can get cake...
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Stingray devours tank-mate squid at Japanese aquarium, shows what nature is...
And you thought living with your roommate was awkward. Crazy things happen at Japanese zoos. Usually it’s the animals acting in ways that remind us of humans, like capybaras bathing in hot springs, or...
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Over 1,000 fish and other marine creatures die at Tokyo aquarium after failed...
Heartbreaking loss of life occurs at one of the city’s most popular aquariums. On November 8, visitors to the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro neighborhood, one of three aquariums in the...
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Struggling Legoland Japan doubling down and becoming Legoland Resort with new...
After a rocky first year, the blocky travel destination is confident about turning things around. Despite all the fanfare that came with the initial announcement of Legoland Japan, things haven’t...
View ArticleSea urchins will fight over the same piece of cabbage, Japan is adorably...
Ordinarily inactive creatures will tug like two dogs who want the same bone. As quiet and motionless as they usually are, you can almost forget that sea urchins are, in fact, animals. That means that...
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Competitive aquatic plant designs look more like gorgeous jungles than fish...
Some of the aquariums look like they could be a screenshot of a scene from Princess Mononoke. Every year since the early 2000s, Aqua Design Amano, a company that produces aquarium accessories, has...
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Aquarium workers in Kochi resort to tweeting “Please come so we can get our...
The twitter account of an aquarium is willing to stoop to some serious lows to get more patrons. Literally! Katsurahama in Kochi prefecture is a beautiful beach, spread out along the southern coast of...
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Japanese town suffers population decline, turns its local elementary school...
Yes, those really are sharks swimming around in the school pool. For years, areas outside of Japan’s big cities have been dealing with the problem of population decline, with fewer births and few...
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“Horror Aquarium” opens this autumn in Sunshine City, Tokyo
Experience a new breed of terror this autumn, but don’t tap on the glass! It’ll scare the fish. Thanks to the relatively recent addition of Halloween to the holiday landscape of Japan, there is now an...
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Kyoto Aquarium advises teen boy who can’t find a date to become a girl...
16-year-old who attends all-boys high school was feeling lovelorn, so the aquarium offered an unorthodox solution. With all of its historic temples and gardens, it can be easy to forget that Kyoto is...
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Sakura shine at beautiful art installation at Tokyo Sky Tree’s Solamachi complex
Sakura and jellyfish: an unusual, but beautiful, combination. We’re still a few days away from the blossoming of the sakura in Tokyo, but there’s already a place in the city where you can see...
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Chance to feel a shark’s nards and more at Sunshine Aquarium’s “Lots of Sex”...
Limited time event teaches us about how our deep-sea friends like to get down. We often don’t think about fish and other sea creatures as sexual beings. When looking at that cute little goldfish...
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Dive into a galaxy of jellyfish with Ikebukuro Sunshine Aquarium’s new...
An exhibit so soothing that it can literally put you to sleep. Located on the top of Sunshine City, Tokyo’s shopping mega-complex in the Ikebukuro neighborhood, Sunshine Aquarium has recently...
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The popular Night at the Aquarium: Lots of Sex exhibit returns to Tokyo’s...
We bet you’ve never read the words “sexy” and “fish” in the same phrase before. Sunshine City in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district offers a wealth of shopping fun, dining opportunities, and attractions. You...
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Sunshine Aquarium’s 2022 lucky bag is a true rarity
Our writer would share the special items in his bag, but he’s a little shellfish. The New Year’s tradition of lucky bags or “fukubukuro” in Japanese, are usually found in major retailers such as Muji...
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Inflation making penguins in Japan unhappy with aquarium’s switch to cheaper...
Japan is a country that’s particular about seafood, and apparently its penguins are too. Japan has historically had very low inflation rates, but things are different these days. Over the past few...
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Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Poison Exhibit now on...
I wonder if it’s really about poison though… Among the many aquariums in Japan, Sunshine Aquarium in Ikebukuro, Tokyo has really made a name for itself, largely from its many theme exhibits that stand...
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