Shimoda Aquarium
An aquarium located in Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture built on the water using a natural bay. In the Perry aqua dome situated in the middle of the bay, visitors can view large aquarium tanks recreating the ocean off Izu. There are also bottlenose dolphin shows held on the aquarium’s “marine stage.” Meanwhile, Pacific white-sided dolphin and sea lion shows are held in the aquarium’s marine stadium. Exhibiting some 250 species and 1,500 individual marine creatures, facilities such as a penguin pool, earless seal hall, and sea turtle pond have made the aquarium a top destination for visitors to Shimoda.
Spot details
Update date:2024.04.24
- Address
- Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka prefecture 3-22-31 Map
- Phone
- 0558223567
- Hours
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9:00-16:30
*Business hours vary depending on the season. - Closed
- open everyday (However, there are days closed between 4 Sundays on Dec.)
- Fees
- [Admission fee] Adults (Junior high school students and older) 2,400 yen, Children (4 years old- Elementary School Students) 1,200 yen
- Parking Lot
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Available(200spaces)
※Free - Credit Card
- Available(VISA, MasterCard, JCB, AMEX, UnionPay)
- Smoking
- Not available
- Wi-Fi
- Available
- Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day
- Yes
- Estimated stay time
- 60-120 minutes
- Wheelchair accessible
- Available
- Infant friendly
- Available
- Pet friendly
- Possible (not allowed at restaurants, but allowed inside Wednesday Zoo)
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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Review
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- Interesting place to go
- We not going inside but we pass there for few times and see 3 dophins was so happy to swim inside the ocean and playing with the visitors, they jump and swim freely. If you have kids or would like to...
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- Nice Shows
- Unique aquarium, as the name suggests, it is a floating aquarium in the sense that they have built a floating bridge on sea water and also building on top of sea. There are couple of Dolphin shows...
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- Need improvement
- Dolphins show and penguins show were good to watch. However, the sea turtles were kept inhumanely. It was painful to see them. Many huge sea turtles were packed in one tiny water tank. And the otters...
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