Kyoto Aquarium
Kyoto Aquarium is an aquarium located in Umekoji Park in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture's Shimogyo Ward, Japan.Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
- Type: Public aquarium
- Description: building in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Roof shape: flat
Photo: Mti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umekōji Park and East Temple.
Umekōji Park
Park
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Umekōji Park is situated 140 metres west of Kyoto Aquarium.
East Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. East Temple is situated 710 metres south of Kyoto Aquarium.
Kyoto Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Kyoto Railway Museum is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. Kyoto Railway Museum is situated 470 metres west of Kyoto Aquarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Minami.
Central Kyoto
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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.
Minami
Suburb
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Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.
Nakagyō-ku
Suburb
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Nakagyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people. Nakagyō-ku is situated 2½ km north of Kyoto Aquarium.
Kyoto Aquarium
- Categories: building, tourism, commercial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.98756° or 34° 59′ 15″ northLongitude
135.74769° or 135° 44′ 52″ eastInception
March 14th, 2012Open location code
8Q6QXPQX+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 279961174OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=aquariumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q11375621
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Yue Chinese—“Kyoto Aquarium” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကျိုတိုငါးပြတိုက်”
- Chinese: “京都水族館”
- Chinese: “京都水族馆”
- French: “aquarium de Kyoto”
- French: “Aquarium de Kyoto”
- French: “Kyōto suizokukan”
- German: “Kyoto Aquarium”
- Japanese: “Kyōto suizokukan”
- Japanese: “きょうとすいぞくかん”
- Japanese: “京都水族館”
- Korean: “교토 수족관”
- Korean: “교토수족관”
- Yue Chinese: “京都水族館”
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Highlights include 京都市電900型 935号 and Lawn Square.
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