Tokyo Sea Life Park | |
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35°38′24″N 139°51′44″E / 35.6399°N 139.8622°E | |
Date opened | 10 October 1989 |
Location | Kasai Rinkai Park, Tokyo |
Land area | 15,799 m2 (170,060 sq ft)[1] |
No. of animals | 85,000[1] |
No. of species | 940[1] |
Volume of largest tank | 2,200,000 litres (581,000 US gal)[1] |
Total volume of tanks | 4,600,000 litres (1,215,000 US gal)[1] |
Annual visitors | 2 Million |
Memberships | JAZA |
Major exhibits | Pacific bluefin tuna, giant kelp |
Management | Tokyo Zoological Park Society[1] |
Public transit access | Kasai-Rinkai Park Station |
Website | www |
Tokyo Sea Life Park (葛西臨海水族園, kasai-rinkai-suizoku-en) is a public aquarium located in Kasai Rinkai Park, Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. Its predecessor was the Ueno Aquarium in the Ueno Zoo. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi.[1] The aquarium is accredited as a museum-equivalent facility under the Museum Act of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.[2]
The park can be accessed from Kasai-Rinkai Park Station on the Keiyō Line.