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    • TravelerWork&Travel Japan
      Day 58

      Kaiyukan

      October 26, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Da beide Themen sehr eng miteinander verbunden sind, arbeite ich es in einem Post ab. Das Kaiyukan ist eines der größten Aquarien der Welt und befindet sich am Hafen von Osaka. Dort habe ich mich mit Renee aus dem alten Sharehouse getroffen, die zu der Zeit auch in Osaka gewohnt hat. Das Kaiyukan selber ist ein Aquarium, wie so ziemlich jedes andere, also ist zumindest das Konzept nicht wirklich anders. Besonders sind aber natürlich die Fische selber, schon alleine da Japan mitten im Pazifik liegt und nicht ander Ostsee und Nordsee. Auf der anderen Seite sieht man dafür natürlich auch einige der Tiere nicht, die man bei uns durchaus sieht. Wirklich beeindruckende Tiere waren die Walhaie die im größten Becken waren, zusammen mit Rochen und anderen Haiarten. Walhaie sind die größten Haie der Welt, zumindest wenn sie ausgewachsen sind. Die Exemplare im Kaiyukan sind zwar nicht ausgewachsen, aber doch beeindruckend. Nach dem wir damit fertig waren, waren wir jedoch beide etwas erstaunt, wie teuer es ist. Um ehrlich zu sein fühlte es sich nämlich auch nicht so groß an, wie es eigentlich ist. Trotzdem sind die einzelnen Bereiche sehr interessant, zum Beispiel der Flur, der nur Quallen behandelt.

      Because both things are thematically related to each other, I will talk about both in one post. The Kaiyukan is one of the world's largest aquariums and is located near Osaka's port. I went together with Renee from the old sharehouse, since she also lived in Osaka at that time. Since the Kaiyukan is an aquarium, the concept is pretty self-explanatory, except you get to see fish from the pacific ocean, instead of the Baltic or North Sea or the Atlantic Ocean, like you would in Germany. On the other hands fish from beformentioned regions are missing of course. Really impressive animals were the two whalesharks in the biggest basin, the biggest fish of the planet. While the ones in the Kaiyukan are definitely not grown up, they are still very big. After we went through the whole building, we felt that it was quite expensive for the size, because it feels not as big as it probably is. Still there are some very interesting areas, like the floor dedicated to jellyfish.      Read more

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    • TravelerIsekai Travels - Japan
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      Day 6

      Aquarium and Shopping ー水族館とかガチャゲームとか買い物

      December 11, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F

      Today we are checking out the worlds largest aquarium in Osaka called Kaiyukan! The aquarium was super cool and I highly reccomend it to anyone who happens to be visiting Osaka. There was a really cool coral reef and Jelly fish section with animals I'd never seen in person before! The tank in the center is filled with a insane amount of water and fits some whale sharks as seen in the video I linked with this. The corridors surround the tank and you slowly decend alongside the sides of the aquarium tank.

      Before getting to the Aquarium, my friends decided to watch the new episode of Spy Family. I took a small video because I thought it was super cute how they were reacting to the episode and having such a fun time watching it. I also love Spy Family, but it's interesting that alot of the people I know are way more into Anime than I am even though I'm the one learning Japanese! It's cool that Anime is so popular in America even though most the people who watch it can't understand the native language. It's so common here, I've been seeing many businessmen reading manga on their phone or tablet and you would probably rarely see any businessmen in America reading comics or manga.

      Afterward the acquarium we went to the nearby mall. One thing I thought was super interesting is that I found a "fake display food" store. In America, we don't really have these (if we do, I've never seen one). There were tons of fake example foods all over and I was tempted to buy one as a decoration at home! It's common for restaurants to put out fake display versions of the food so that passerbys can betten envision what they might be eating in the restaurant. In america, if food is displayed it's probably also edible and not just for display and then thrown out afterwards unless the staff wants to take it.

      Osaka has a huge ferris wheel and it felt like it would be a waste not to ride it while we were visiting. Will and I have a fear of heights so Steven was poking fun at us the whole time. It was cool to see the city from so high up but I don't think I'd do it again because my body completely tenses up when I'm up so high🎡

      We also visited the Gatcha Arcade (Will and Steven are almost always at the gatcha arcade) where I played some of my very first Gatcha! It only took my three tries to win Denji-kun so I'm pretty much a professional. I then moved to another machine where I attempted to win Anaya and her dog Bond.The kind employee noticed my struggling a bit on this one and reset the box to be an easy spot and explained how the game worked. With his help I was able to leave with Anya and Bond 😄      Read more

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