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The is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay. It is one of the largest public aquariums in the world,〔 and is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA). 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.〔 ==Exhibits== The walk-through aquarium displays marine life in several habitats comprising 27 tanks in 16 main exhibits with a total volume of 10,941 tons of water. The habitats are from the Ring of Fire area of the Pacific Ocean. The largest tank is deep and holds of water and a variety of fish including manta rays and a whale shark.〔 The tanks used in the aquarium are made of of acrylic glass. The largest single pane measures six meters by five meters by thirty centimeters and weighs roughly 10 tons. At the thicknesses used, regular glass would be unwieldy and would not have the desired transparency. The themes, displays and their respective organisms at Kaiyukan are as follows; 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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