I was staying in Kyoto at that time, and after an hour and a half of train ride, I arrived at the bay area which was beautiful with sparkly sea water, reflected by the morning sun above:


As it was a week day, the harbor area wasn't that busy:


Nearby the aquarium was the Tempozan Ferris Wheel:

Although tempting, I was there to visit the aquarium and the ferris wheel will have to wait :D.

This was one of the main attractions in the aquarium, the whale shark:

Just outside the aquarium, there was a wire sculpture of some sort of a whale shark, inviting visitors to see for themselves the size of this majestic fish:

Once inside, I was immersed in a different world altogether..

At the Japan Forest tank, there were cute otters, here was one, relaxing (maybe sleeping) and floating on water:

There was the Pirarucu / Arapaima gigas at the Ecuador Rain Forest:

At the Antarctica tank, there was a group of Emperor penguins, chilling in the cold (just like in the movie, Happy Feet :):

An aquarium is never complete without cute, intelligent dolphins and here at the Tasman Sea, was the Pacific white-sided dolphin swimming towards me:

Then, I arrived at the main attraction, the Pacific Ocean tank and I was totally mesmerized:

Look at the size of this fish compared to the size of human:
I loved it when the whale shark swam above me:

And a Manta Ray was swimming in the same tank too:

At the Japan Deep section, there were the Japanese Spider crabs:

And beautiful Anemone, swaying with the current:

And striking jellyfish, as though they were in space:

The Pacific sea nettle:

The journey inside the aquarium took most part of the day and the whole place was simply breathtaking. I still have amazing memories of the aquarium and the whale shark was totally awesome, the way it glides in the water, so calm and peaceful.

One day, I will go there again. Oh and this time, I will ride on the ferris wheel :)

_{All photos were taken using my Canon Digital IXUS 970 IS and edited using Canva.}

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