Webmaster visited Kagoshima City Aquarium after visiting Sengan-en Japanese Garden.
Access:
Itami AP, Osaka (plane 1:10) Kagoshima AP (bus 1:00) Kagoshima-chuo (bus 0:15) Suizokukan-mae (walk 0:03) @
Shin-osaka (shinkansen 3:50) Kagoshima-chuo (bus 0:15) Suizokukan-mae (walk 0:03) @
The aquarium is located just next to the wharf of ferries to Sakurajima Island.
From the entrance hall of the aquarium, visitors take an escalator to the 2nd floor where there is a huge aquarium of the sea lives of the Kuroshio Current. It was very impressive for me.
A whale shark swims leisurely.
And many other aquariums show us many different types of aquatic ecosystem and their lives.
Here is the rest area on the 5th floor. The view of Sakurajima Island is magnificent. As Sakurajima is an active volcano, the volcanic smoke from its crater can be seen.
In the rest area, I found a vending machine of shirokuma. Originally, Shirokuma is a kind of shaved ice topped with fresh fruits and condensed milk which is one of the specialties of Kagoshima. Here modified version of cup type and stick type were vended. I chose a stick type. It was lovely nice!
After the aquarium, I took tram to go back way to the city center.
Be continued