I had Monday off because I worked Sunday (at sports day). So Jon and I went to the Churaumi Aquarium. The aquarium's name is pronounced Chu like the u in futon, ra like the ra in ramen, u like in futon again, and mi like in Ming. Chura means beautiful in Hogan the Okinawan dialect, and Umi means ocean. So the aquarium's name is Beautiful Ocean. Fitting, seeing as how the ocean here is soooo beautiful!
We got season passes (3600Yen vs. 1800 Yen for a single day) figuring we'll go back at least once to get our money's worth.
The aquarium was so crowded. There were probably 5 high school feild trips from mainland Japan there. They looked so cute in their little school uniforms! Some of them tried to talk to us in English, it was cute.
The coolest thing at this aquarium is definitely the huge whale shark and manta ray tank. It is so huge!When you walk in you are just in awe to see so much water and so many fish of all sizes "flying" around in front of you. That glass separating us from them is 60cm thick!
We took a tour "behind the scenes" and got to see the sharks and mantas in this tank from above!
I am also quite fond of the sea turtles and the manatees here. They are super cute!
Jon and I watched this short film about the Kuroishi Sea (the warm current we get here in southern Japan). We listened to the hilarious English audio in headsets. Japanese translated into English becomes quite funny.
We ate lunch at the sea view restaurant, but it was pretty cloudy out so it wasn't the beautiful view we were hoping for. However, we did watch the dolphin show from our table four floors up!
We had a fun day, but then it took forever to drive home and we were exhausted by then!
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