What other travelers are saying about Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
This is a good place for a few hours trip. The ticket price is still fairly reasonable, with a very unique design within the aquarium and quite a lot of variety of species.
There are also cafe and restroom inside so you can grab some food and drinks if you wanted to stay a bit longer.
Do check the schedule of feeding time if you are into that.
Another plus side is this place is very near to the Ferris Wheel too, and there is a small marketplace nearby for some decent shopping and foods.
I went on a Thursday afternoon but the ticket sales person mentioned that it's very crowded. However it only took me 15 minutes to line up for the tickets. The staffs are very quick and efficient. Price are affordable as well.
Wonderful exhibitions. You could see how much research and care has been put into making and maintaining each exhibit.
The whale sharks were pretty cool especially during feeding time. Most of the animals are quite active. They're very obedient during feeding times as well.
After 5pm, they'll turn down the lights and you could see most of them will slowly drift off to sleep. Even the background music changed as well!
The first souvenir shop that you'll reach has a different variety of goods from the 2nd shop so if you really want it, buy it first.
Thank you for the wonderful experience!
Beautiful experience for me and my kiddos to watch magnificent water animals. Pinguins, dolphins, sharks even turtles and jellyfish. All of them are in good shapes, clean water, clean environment. And the aquarium tries to make happy environment for them, so that the animals live happily and healthy in the aquarium.
By far one of the best aquariums I have ever been to. Fully immersive and well done with tons of different sea animals and some land animals. The building feels new and modern, and the aquarium alone takes at least 90-120 minutes to complete. Well worth it and this was my second visit here. You should certainly buy tickets online beforehand to beat the crowds waiting at the ticket counter. If you go on a weekend, expect chaos. It's really busy at that time. Nice mall close by as well with some cool souvenirs and restaurants.
A very lovely place to come to. Brought an entire family of elderly and going adults. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Different areas to view the various animals. It ran out of tickets online but the great news was that we were able to get tickets at the counter itself. Staff were also very helpful because we lost a passport. Thankfully a Japanese guest returned it and we were about to get our passport back with ease. Thankful!
