5th October 2012
A tour to Okinawa is not complete without a trip to Churaumi Aquarium 美ら海水族館 located in Ocean Expo Park. So, we spent half a day there. Since distance with car was around 2 hours from Naha City and we planned to go to Cape Manza too, we left the guest house real early at around 6.15 am. When I went to the living room to wait for my friend, the guy from the guest house thought that we were going to check out for waking up so early.
We passed by Cape Manza first. The view was beautiful too without the sunset.
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| Cape Manza 万座毛 |
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| see the round building? it is the famous church for weddings in Cape Manza |
Then, we continued to the aquarium. Like any other aquarium, Churaumi Aquarium 美ら海水族館 is very colourful and awesome with all the colourful fishes and corals and other sea creatures. I took a lot of photos until the camera was almost out of battery!
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| outside the Aquarium, near the car park |
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| beautiful colour of the sea from the entrance of the aquarium |
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| the entrance tickets (different for male and female - male with drum and female flowers) |
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| aquarium's staff cleaning the window |
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| the touching corner! (I touched the starfish and sea cucumber.) |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| the colourful fish in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| this is my favourite photo with a school of fish |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| type of crustacean creature? |
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| another crustacean creature |
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| living things in mangrove (mangrove plays a big part in regulating our ecosystem) |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| Mmmmm, sea cucumber, I wondered which type is the edible type ? My grandparents loved it so much when they were alive, so my dad asked my mom to cook this for my grandparents (when praying during major festivals) |
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| Jellyfish (a colleague of mine loves jellyfish, she even bought a DVD about jellyfish!) |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| the colourful fishes in Churaumi Aquarium |
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| amazing sea creatures |
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| seahorse |
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| Kuroshio Fish tank 黒潮の海 - whale shark |
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| Kuroshio Fish Tank 黒潮の海 - shark and manta rays |
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| skeletons of dolphin and killer whale |
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| one could see the top of the tank from platform |
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| sharks |
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| Sea turtle |
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| dugong - the mermaid! |
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| around the Ocean Expo Park (beautiful!) |
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| beach in the Ocean Expo Park |
After a very satisfying eyes feast, we left the Aquarium. It was actually quite tiring with all the walking though.
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