DMM Kariyushi Aquarium is a new entertainment aquarium opened in April 2020. It combines the latest visual expressions and spatial presentations. It is located in Toyosaki, around 10 minutes by car south of Naha City and Naha International Airport. Your tour of the aquarium will start with a video. It is an Okinawa-themed story about water and life. You will enter a multi-screen theatre where the screen is almost 180 degrees wide, for a full immersion into the video. Prepare to feel like you are flying! You will soar the sky, dive into the ocean, even fly over Shuri Castle. The immersion effect is guaranteed, also thanks to some fans blowing wind at your face in the right moment. The video is showing Okinawa in all its beauty and it is actually quite touching! After the end of the video, you will see the doors opening and giving you access to the aquarium itself. The first area is full of plants, and the fish and animals in this exhibit are all familiar to this habitat. You can find verdant water plants, waterfalls spilling over the rocks. Here, together with freshwater fish, you will also encounter reptiles and amphibians. Vegetation here is so wild that even an enormous banyan tree will be standing in the middle of your path! If you go deeper in the jungle, you will come face to face with other animals, like a Smooth-fronted caiman. When you visit the rocky coasts area, you will encounter the penguing colonies of the aquarium! The following area is all about the ocean. Listen to the ocean waves on the shore and stare at the horizon line separating the ocean and the Okinawan sky. There is also a touch pool, a low area where you can touch marine creatures like rays, sharks and starfish. Just next to it, there is an otter area. Enjoy watching these playful and cute animals! If you are lucky enough to come during the otters' meal time, you will see them play with the members of the staff, jumping and spinning to obtain delicious treats! Have you every walked on the top of a water tank? In the glass corridor, you can look down into a 6 meters height aquarium. The feeling is more or less the same of those very tall towers with a small glass-floor section! There are plenty of fish species swimming in the tank, and it really feels like being inside the water. (The choice of keeping only the light of the tank on definitely helps!) The next point is a space where to discover terrestrial life. Here you will find cute animals like capybara, armadillo, tortoise and sloth. Unfortunately, you will not be allowed to pet them, but it's very nice to see them wander around and make cute sounds. Your tour will continue downstairs. Enjoy a great variety of tropical fishes and amazing ocean creatures in individual water tanks. Wander through the underwater tunner and sea coral reefs just like at the bottom of the sea. The next room will amaze you in a particular way. Combined with multimedia and light effects, jellyfish will appear to you like a sort of extraterrestrial creature. Enjoy their magical movements, inside columns made of water. That is the end of the tour. Near the exit, you will find a nice coffee area where to rest a bit and taste a selection of delicacies like snacks, drinks and desserts. Finally, the souvenir shop offers merchandise all about Okinawan marine life. Admission Adult (18+) 2,400 yen Youth (13-17) 2,000 yen Child (4-12) 1,500 yen Opening Hours 10:00 AM - 21:00 PM TEL - Address 3-35 Toyosaki, Tomigusuku, Okinawa 901-0225 Near DMM Kariyushi Aquarium
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