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Kamo Aquarium
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Tsuruoka Municipal Kamo Aquarium (鶴岡市立加茂水族館, Kamo Suizokukan) is an aquarium located in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. In 2005, it exceeded Monterey Bay Aquarium in California regarding the number of jellyfish display types and holds the Guinness World Records for this exhibition.[6]
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38°45′42″N 139°43′29″E | |
Date opened | 1930 (first) 1956 (second) 1972 (third) 1 June 2014 (current) ![]() |
Location | Okuba 657-1, Imaizumi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan![]() |
No. of species | 140[1] |
Annual visitors | 92,183 (1997)[2] 716,354 (2014) 497,738 (2018)[3] |
Memberships | JAZA[4] |
Major exhibits | the Worlds' largest[5] 60 jellyfish species |
Website | kamo-kurage |
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