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Uozu Aquarium

Coordinates: 36°47′55″N 137°23′17″E / 36.7985°N 137.3881°E / 36.7985; 137.3881
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Uozu Aquarium
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36°47′55″N 137°23′17″E / 36.7985°N 137.3881°E / 36.7985; 137.3881
Date openedSeptember 21, 1914 (1914-09-21)[1]
LocationUozu, Toyama
No. of animalsAround 10,000[2]
No. of speciesAround 330 [2]
Volume of largest tankToyama Bay Giant Tank 240,000 litres (63,000 US gal) [3]
Total volume of tanks450,000 litres (119,000 US gal)
WebsiteEnglish website

Uozu Aquarium (魚津うおづ水族館すいぞくかん, Uozu Suizokukan) is an aquarium in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.[1] Opened on the 21st of September 1913, it claims to be the oldest aquarium in Japan still open.[4][5]

The aquarium is accredited as a Registered Museum by the Museum Act from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.[6]

History

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Uozu Aquarium before the war

The aquarium was established as a venue for the 1913 Eight Prefectures Exhibition in what was then Uozu town of Shimoniikawa District, and was officially opened on the 21st of September, 1913, making it the first aquarium to open on the coast of the Sea of Japan.[7] In May 1914 it would be sold to Uozu town. Due to the Pacific War, the aquarium closed in March 1944 to be used as a fish processing plant.

In 1914, a loss of power lead to the discovery that the Japanese pineapplefish contains luminescent bacteria on each side of its jaw.[7][8]

In 1953, for the Toyama Industrial Exposition, the decision was made to re-establish an aquarium on the site. Despite opposition from the fishing industry in the area, and several other areas submitting bids to host the aquarium, construction on the original site began in September 1953 and was finished by April 1954.[9]

The current aquarium was opened on the 10th of April, 1981.[10] Also in 1981, the building, designed by the Uozu City Environmental Design Office, won an architectural award, presented by the Toyama Society of Architects and Building Engineers.[11]

Shark Tunnel

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Uozu Aquarium features the first shark tunnel to be built in Japan.[7][12] It runs through the length of the Toyama Bay Giant Tank.

In 2013, in the 100th anniversary of an aquarium on the site, a sign was placed at the entrances to the tunnel proclaiming it as the first such acrylic glass aquarium tunnel in the world.[13]

Exhibits

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Aquarium pictures
  • The Rivers of Toyama
  • Biodiversity in Rice Fields
  • Toyama Bay Deep Sea
  • Toyama Bay Surface Layer
  • Toyama Bay Giant Tank
  • Jungle Ecosystem
  • Coral Reef Area
  • Penguin Pool

Facilities

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  • Uosui Famirium
  • Backstage Corner
  • Touch Pool

References

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  1. ^ a b "Uozu Aquarium". Uozu Aquarium. 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Uozu Aquarium Guide" (in Japanese). Uozu Aquarium. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "富山湾とやまわん大だい水槽すいそう" (in Japanese). Uozu Aquarium. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ^ "日本にっぽん最古さいこの水族館すいぞくかん。100年ねん以上いじょうの歴史れきしを誇ほこる、富山とやま「魚津うおづ水族館すいぞくかん」" (in Japanese). Trip Editor. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ "愛あいされ続つづけて３代目だいめ 魚津うおづ水族館すいぞくかん（1913年ねん〜）" (in Japanese). 中日ちゅうにち新聞しんぶん. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. ^ "法律ほうりつ上じょうの位置付いちづけがある登録とうろく博物館はくぶつかん・指定してい施設しせつ". 文化庁ぶんかちょう. 27 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "人気にんきは深海魚しんかいぎょコーナーの水族館すいぞくかん！しかし、31年ねんぶりに富山湾とやまわんで捕獲ほかくされた「アカナマダ」からはプラスチックゴミが…【富山とやま発はつ】" (in Japanese). FNN. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  8. ^ "マツカサウオ" (in Japanese). sea-fishes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ^ 魚津うおづ市し史し 続ぞく巻まき現代げんだい編へん (in Japanese). Uozu City Board of Education. 31 March 2012. pp. 493–494.
  10. ^ "魚ぎょ津つ水族館すいぞくかん" (in Japanese). Uozu Tourism Association. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. ^ "昭和しょうわ56年度ねんど 第だい12回かい富山とやま県けん建築けんちく賞しょう受賞じゅしょう作品さくひん名簿めいぼ" (in Japanese). Toyama Society of Architects and Building Engineers. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. ^ "魚ぎょ津つ水族館すいぞくかんに人ひと続ぞく々" (in Japanese). Toyama Shinbun. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  13. ^ "魚ぎょ津つ水族館すいぞくかん・アクリル製せいトンネル 歴史れきし紹介しょうかいの解説かいせつ板ばん設置せっち" (in Japanese). CHUNICHI Web. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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