Osaka Aquarium

The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is an aquarium located in the ward of in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, near Osaka Bay. When it first opened, it was the largest public aquarium in the world.
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  • Type: Ticket shop
  • Description: aquarium in Osaka, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kaiyukan” and “Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Osaka Culturarium at Tempozan and Tempozan Ferris Wheel.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 160 metres south of Osaka Aquarium.

Ferris wheel
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is a 112-meter-tall Ferris wheel located in , , at Tempozan Harbor Village, next to Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, one of the largest aquariums in the world. The wheel has a height of 112.5 metres and diameter of 100 metres. is situated 190 metres northeast of Osaka Aquarium.

Peak
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, located in , is Japan's second lowest mountain. The mountain's peak is 4.53 metres above sea level, and bears more resemblance to a hill than a mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Universal Studios Japan and Konohana-ku.

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is a theme park located in , . Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the .

Suburb
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is one of 24 wards of Osaka city, Japan. It stands at the mouth of the . It is home to the popular western-style theme park of . It was the site of Expo 2025, a World's Fair held in 2025.

Suburb
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Taishō is one of 24 wards of , . As of October 1, 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 72,742 and the total area is 9.43 km2. Taisho is surrounded by canals and it is named after the Taisho bridge, a main bridge built in Taishō period. is situated 3½ km east of Osaka Aquarium.

Osaka Aquarium

Latitude
34.65516° or 34° 39′ 19″ north
Longitude
135.42938° or 135° 25′ 46″ east
Open location code
8Q6QMC4H+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4260333992
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Wiki­data ID
Q1191885
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Osaka Aquarium” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kaiyukan Akuarioa”
  • Burmese: “အိုစာကာကိုင်းယုကန်ငါးပြတိုက်”
  • Burmese: “အိုဆာကာ ကိုင်းယုကန် ငါးပြတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan”
  • Chinese: “大阪水族馆”
  • Chinese: “海游馆”
  • Chinese: “海遊館”
  • Dutch: “KAIYUKAN”
  • Dutch: “Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan”
  • Esperanto: “Kaijukan”
  • Finnish: “Osakan akvaario”
  • French: “Aquarium Kaiyukan”
  • Galician: “Acuario Kaiyukan, Osaca”
  • Galician: “Acuario Kaiyukan”
  • German: “Kaiyukan-Aquarium Osaka”
  • German: “Kaiyukan”
  • German: “Kaiyūkan”
  • German: “Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan”
  • Hebrew: “אקווריום אוסקה קיוקאן”
  • Indonesian: “Akuarium Osaka Kaiyukan”
  • Italian: “Kaiyukan”
  • Italian: “Kaiyūkan”
  • Japanese: “大阪海遊館”
  • Japanese: “海遊館”
  • Javanese: “Akuarium Osaka Kaiyukan”
  • Korean: “가이유칸”
  • Korean: “카이유칸”
  • Korean: “해유관”
  • Romanian: “Acvariul din Osaka”
  • Russian: “Осака Каиюкан”
  • Russian: “Осака Кайюкан”
  • Spanish: “Acuario de Osaka”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำไคยูกัง”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำไคยูคัง”
  • Turkish: “Osaka Akvaryum Kaiyukan”
  • Turkish: “Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan”

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