Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Ocean Expo Park and the Churaumi Aquarium

Monday was a Japanese holiday. Health and Sports holiday. It was also an American holiday here and we decided to visit the famed Churaumi Aquarium and Expo Park. The main attraction at the Expo Park is the Aquarium. This Aquarium houses 3 fantastic whalesharks that is worth the price of admission, alone, as far as I am concerned. But those three whalesharks share their environment with a variety of rays, tuna, turtles, mackelel, parrotfish, wrasse, and grouper among others. But as a bonus there are acres of other exhibits and shows most of a marine theme. We visited a manatee aquarium. We saw a dolphin show, a traditional Okinawan village, incredible landscaping some of which used flowers to develop into the shapes of animals, and the Tropical Dream Center.
The two clips here are both from the main Aquarium.




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