Kyoto Aquarium

Kyoto Aquarium(京都水族館) is an aquarium located in Umekoji Park in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture's Shimogyo Ward, Japan.

Kyoto Aquarium
Front entrance
34°28′54″N 136°50′45″E
Date opened	March 2012 [1]
Location	Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Land area	10,974 m2 (118,120 sq ft)
No. of animals	15,000 [2]
Total volume of tanks	3,000,000 litres (793,000 US gal)
Memberships	JAZA
Management	ORIX
Website	www.kyoto-aquarium.com/index.html

History

Whole building

interior

Opened on March 14, 2012 (Heisei 24), it is an inland aquarium and the first aquarium in Japan to completely use artificial seawater.^[3][4]

It is the first aquarium in Japan to use 100% artificial seawater and is also one of the largest inland aquariums in Japan. It is one of the core facilities of Umekoji Park near Kyoto Station, and is managed by ORIX Real Estate Corporation, which leases part of the park and adjacent land from the city of Kyoto.^[3][4]

ORIX Facilities Corporation, a building management company within the DAIKYO Group, will provide general management services, while ORIX Aquarium Corporation will operate the aquarium. The amount of seawater required, which accounts for approximately 90% of the total water volume, will be provided entirely by artificial seawater produced by Taisei Corporation's high-performance filtration system, which designed and constructed the aquarium. The building will have three stories above ground and one story in the tower, with a total building area of 5,948.25 m2, a total floor area of 10,974.29 m2, and a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. The construction cost is approximately 6 billion yen (total investment not disclosed). The goal is to attract 2 million visitors in the first year.^[5][6][7]

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See also

• Japan portal
• Fish portal
• Marine life portal

• Sumida Aquarium(Same management)

Notes

1. "【プレス・リリース】 『京都水族館』 2012年3月14日（水）開業" (PDF). （公式ウェブサイト）. オリックス不動産. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
2. "イルカにペンギンも 京都の"まちなか水族館" 3月14日開館". MSN産経ニュース（ウェブサイト）. 産業経済新聞社. 2011-02-15. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
3. "完全人工海水の「京都水族館」…鴨川も再現". Yomiuri Online. 読売新聞社. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-03-14.^{[dead link]}
4. "京都水族館 「水を大切に！」人工海水の水質保つ最新設備". MSN産経west. 産業経済新聞社. 2012-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
5. "2012年3月14日に開業の「京都水族館」の総合管理業務を受注" (PDF). 大京（ウェブサイト）. daikyo group. 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
6. "お魚にいつでも会えるね 京都水族館がオープン". 京都新聞（ウェブサイト）. 京都新聞社. 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
7. "生き物ゆったり、じっくり 京都水族館初公開". 京都新聞（ウェブサイト）. 京都新聞社. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-03-14.

External links

• Official website