旅友 TabitomoGet the free app

Zoo & Aquarium · Tempozan / Osaka Port

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan 海遊館

One of the world's largest aquariums, built around a 9-metre-deep Pacific Ocean tank with whale sharks, which you circle as a spiral walkway descends through a series of Pacific Rim habitats.

Hours10:00-20:00 (last entry 19:00); hours vary by date
ClosedA few maintenance days per year
PriceAdult (16+): ¥2,700
Child (7-15): ¥1,400
Child (4-6): ¥700
Senior (60+): ¥2,400
Getting thereOsakako Station (Chuo Line, exit 1), 5 min
Time needed2-3 hours
Best timeWeekday evenings
Address1-1-10 Kaigandori, Minato-ku, Osaka
Websitekaiyukan.com

About

Kaiyukan opened in 1990 at Tempozan Harbor Village with a striking concept: visitors take an escalator to the top floor and then walk down a long spiral ramp around a central tank representing the Pacific Ocean, about 9 m deep and holding 5,400 tonnes of water, where a whale shark, manta rays, hammerheads and schools of fish swim. Around it are habitats of the Pacific Rim, from Japan's forests with river otters to the Aleutian Islands, Monterey Bay seals, the Great Barrier Reef, Antarctic penguins and the Ecuadorian rainforest. A touch pool lets you feel sharks and rays, and newer zones add jellyfish, Arctic ringed seals and the Maldives. The buildings mosaic exterior by Cambridge Seven Associates is itself a landmark of the Osaka Bay area.

Highlights

Tips

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

Plan it in Tabitomo

Save Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan to your trip, see reviews and photos from travelers, and get directions.

Open in the app

Nearby