Takeshima aquarium

Area

South Aichi Gamagori-shi

Category

Museum / Gallery Educational tour

“Takeshima aquarium” is located in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. The aquarium has a history of over 60 years. The unique exhibitions that are held in the historic facility are popular. Takeshima aquarium constantly exhibits approximately 500 kinds of 4500 marine and freshwater creatures. The aquarium boasts the largest number of displayed deep-sea fish in Japan. The detailed explanations on handmade plates by caretakers are what keeps the aquarium's popularity alive. The unique and smile-provoking explanation is popular on social media, too. There is more to the aquarium. You can touch sea creatures at the “Sawarin Pool”, and close viewings of the zalophus show and the capibara show are very popular. The souvenir shop sells unique original products like “Cho gusokumushi rice cracker”, a rice cracker coated with powder of bathynomus doederleinii, a deep-sea creature.

Basic Information

Address

〒443-0031
1-6 Takeshima-cho, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture

Phone

0533-68-2059

Hours

9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Last admissions: 4:30 pm)

Closed

Every Tuesday (Wednesday if Tuesday is a holiday), December 31st, 
* Open on Tuesday during spring holidays, Golden Week, summer holidays, winter holidays, etc.

Fee

Adults: ￥500 
Elementary school students and junior high school students: ￥200 
Children under elementary school age: Free

Website

http://www.city.gamagori.lg.jp/site/takesui/

Access

FromGamagori Station (south exit)
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About 15-minute walk
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FromGamagori Station (south exit)

Meitetsu bus/Maruyama Jutaku route 
→ "Takeshima Yuen" (within a short walking distance from the bus stop)