Aqua World Ibaraki Oarai Aquarium

The outside view is beautiful. You can eat outside and enjoy the view of the sea. Inside the area is like a puzzle of entryway and the elevator is puzzling. Not too friendly with PWD person.

Convenience to buy ticket at front of the aquarium. Show is so good. Overall is perfect for family trip or those who loves aquarium. There is cafe which can have lunch inside and front of the aquarium.

I went on a regular weekday during the summer holiday season, and while there was no wait to get in, the parking lot was quite full and there were small screaming children and families EVERYWHERE. I cannot imagine coming here on a weekend or a holiday, it must be so insanely crowded. Anyway, as someone who likes looking at fish and sharks, it was nice, but the sea parks are animal cruelty!! side of me was really saddened by how small some of the exhibits are. The seals are swimming in endless circles in what is basically a deep children 's swimming pool... So are most of the sharks. Lots of them crammed into a relatively small tank where they 're all either resting bunched up together or swimming in circles. And there is nothing in their tanks for enrichment of any kind, aside from animals like the otters.

My friend told me it’s really a very nice and beautiful place especially for kids and families. Lot of new things to experience never did before. Must go there at least for 4 to 5 hours.

For 2000¥ you get to enter the aquarium which will take up 3-4 hours of your time. It is big with many signages in english to introduce the fishes and also some live performance of seals and dolphins conducted in japanese. The aquarium has a dining choice inside but prices are 1000¥ ish. You can buy dolphin plushie via a gacha service which for same price of 1000¥ you can win either large medium or small size. Great for family and conservation efforts.