Miyajima Public Aquarium | |
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Date opened | 1959 |
Location | 10-3 Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
No. of animals | 13,000 |
No. of species | 350 |
Memberships | JAZA |
Website | http://www.sunameri.jp/index.html |
Miyajima Public Aquarium (宮島水族館, Miyajima Suizokukan) is an aquarium on the island of Itsukushima in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. The aquarium is accredited as a Museum-equivalent facilities by the Museum Act from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. [1]
There are about 350 variety of aquatic animals include finless porpoises, sea otters, Steller sea lions, sea lions and penguins. Hours are from January 1 to December 25, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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