our first day in osaka was spent at japan's largest aquarium (kaiyukan).
managed to get the subway pass and the ticket at around 2000yen :D
and here's another ferris wheel on our way there


entrance of kaiyukan



and outside the heart of the aquarium...
first photo stop

we saw monkey-like creatures


spider crabs? (sawa kani)



entering the aquarium

first photo stop

from here on, i will be showing alot of stuff which i have no idea what their names are. this whole place is actually a real giganto aquarium, so the place where the monkeys were just now - just underneath them is the aquarium we're walking into.

walrus?


i think it was like scratching its back


tortoises

ducks

and more monkeys.. (slobs i think)

finally fishes (ok, the small size isn't gonna help much but oh well)

puffer fishhh


angel fish
huge iguana




alligator



a prehistoric-looking tortoise with too little movement space in the tank... somehow seems quite pitiful...


happy feet!

awww... so sweeeet (i can almost hear xm saying this)

nemo!?






don't you wish you can eat bbq stingray now

maybe not, it's so cute


it looked like it was playing

some big fishies








takos




i think it was mating...


starfish

tornados of fish (they just kept circling around the central rock rapidly... then agai there wasn't much alternative paths to take)


look at their mouths!

more turtles


saying hi to its other self





eels?

maybe huge spider crabs.

lobsters?

and finally, the jellyfish section!! they are all so pretty!!!













and then it's souvenir shopping



dinosaurs...

and lunch! takoyaki in soup...