Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
	The Kaiyukan Aquarium
	34°39′16.1″N 135°25′44.0″E / 34.654472°N 135.428889°E
Date opened	May 1990
Location	Osaka, Japan
Land area	26,570 m2 (286,000 sq ft)
No. of animals	29,000
No. of species	420
Volume of largest tank	5,400,000 litres (1,427,000 US gal)
Total volume of tanks	11,000,000 litres (2,906,000 US gal)
Annual visitors	2.5 million+
Memberships	JAZA
Major exhibits	The Pacific Ocean tank etc.
Management	kaiyukan company
Public transit access	Chūō Line at Osakako (Osaka Metro)
Website	www.kaiyukan.com/language/eng/

The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (海遊館, Kaiyūkan, known as the Kaiyukan) is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, near Osaka Bay. When it first opened, it was the largest public aquarium in the world.^[7]

It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the aquarium is accredited as a Museum-equivalent facilities by the Museum Act from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.^[8]

The aquarium is about a five-minute walk from Osakako Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line, and is next to the Tempozan Ferris Wheel.^[7]

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