aquarium Kaiyukan

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building oceanarium public aquarium tourist attraction

Aquarium Kaiyukan is one of the world’s largest and most famous public aquariums, renowned for its massive Pacific Ocean tank and immersive marine life exhibits in Osaka, Japan.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building → oceanarium → public aquarium → tourist attraction →
alsoKnownAs	Kaiyukan → Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan →
annualVisitors	millions of visitors per year →
architect	Cambridge Seven Associates → Peter Chermayeff →
country	Japan →
designStyle	modern architecture →
exhibit	Aleutian Islands → Antarctica → Arctic zone → Ecuador Rain Forest → Falkland Islands → Great Barrier Reef → Japan Forest → Kuroshio Current → Monterey Bay → Pacific Ocean → Panama Bay → Seto Inland Sea → Tasman Sea →
exhibitConcept	Ring of Fire and Ring of Life →
exhibitTheme	habitats around the Pacific Rim →
features	interactive touch pools → multi-story viewing of central tank → nighttime illumination events → walk-through tunnel-style tanks →
locatedInArea	Tempozan Harbor Village →
locatedInCity	Osaka →
locatedInDistrict	Minato-ku →
locatedInPrefecture	Osaka Prefecture →
locatedNear	Osaka Bay → Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel →
mainTankFeature	massive central tank representing the Pacific Ocean →
mainTankInhabitants	large pelagic fish → manta ray → sharks → whale shark →
mainTankName	Pacific Ocean tank →
nearPublicTransit	Osakako Station →
numberOfExhibits	over 15 →
numberOfFloors	8 →
numberOfTanks	over 10 main tanks →
openedInYear	1990 →
openingDate	1990-07-20 →
operatedBy	Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan Co., Ltd. →
rankedAmong	largest public aquariums in the world →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japan Forest ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") → Panama Bay ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	locatedIn
Japan Forest ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") → Panama Bay ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	partOf
Aquarium Kaiyukan ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	alsoKnownAs
Minato-ku, Osaka ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	contains
Kaiyukan ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	hasAlternativeName
Kaiyukan ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	hasEnglishName
Kaiyukan ("海遊館") →	hasJapaneseName
Minato-ku, Osaka ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	hasLandmark
Tempozan Harbor Village ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	hasNearbyAttraction
Osaka →	knownFor
Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	locatedNear
Osakako Station ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	nearbyAttraction
Peter Chermayeff ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	notableWork
Aquarium Kaiyukan ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan Co., Ltd.") →	operatedBy
Japan Forest ("Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan") →	operator