It's a place where you can see sea animals that you want to go no matter how old you are and you can be healed and study. It's a place where you can enjoy even if you go with your lover, family, etc. There are a lot of souvenirs, so you can buy them and go home.

Nice place to chill if you are going with your partner. There were couples, families, kids, lots of different people here. I wont recommend spending more than 2 hours here though. It is a little alarming how small some of the enclosures are, given how big the complex looks externally. I was hoping that there will be more ringed seal exhibits, and shows where we can watch feeding of the ringed seals. I must admit, I have been to better aquariums. There is a nice cafe in the aquarium with reasonable prices, and very nice matcha ice cream.

Being in California and having been to Monterey Bay, it's hard for this aquarium to measure up. It is much less crowded and cheaper though. It has a variety of species to see and kids seemed to love it. I went just after 5 pm, they do some sort of night environment where they play music and light it differently than the day I hear. Ticket window person spoke English and asks what country you're from. Near the giant ferris wheel too.

You might not think of going to an aquarium during your trip to Japan but you can see whale sharks here and it was a fun afternoon with a bit less crowd. 2 hrs is good. There is a tour of the harbor option along with your aquarium ticket and the boat was big. We did not have time for that but wish we did. Tons of shopping a huge food court next door.

We visited Osaka Aquarium for holiday and the kids loved it. Unfortunately the great barrier reef was still under construction. If you want to go, you should check whether it is already finished. However, the rest of the experience was great. They had a wide variety of animals. The seals were especially entertaining, they were very curious and might get close to the glass to observe you before floating away again, the kids loved them. The white side dolphins were also cute. The highlight would be the whale sharks, they just reminded me of destiny from Finding Dory, and very lovely. Each station would have a stamping station for the kids, you can get it from the staff at the beginning of the journey. Once you're out they had a mini souvenir shop that was very crowded, don't spend too much time there,because they have a bigger souvenir shop downstairs as you exit. They have a small snack stall opposite starbucks near the exit that sell very good pretzel dogs, and a cute bento with a whale shark shape. Next door there's a plaza with many great shops,restaurants and a food court. Also legoland inside. Overall it was a pleasant trip.

The design of the aquarium is quite clever. It is in a rectangular spiral so you start from the top and start to see the underwater animals as you make your way down. I would say the main draw are the whale sharks but other than that, the rest of the marine animals are so-so. I would say no more than 2 hrs will be sufficient. I will advise to book in advance we they enter you by timing. If you just show up, likely you can only get entry tickets to enter ~ 1 hr later.

It was a rainy day so we took off to the Aquarium, not something we would normally indulge in as we are from Australia, divers and have done free diving with Whale Sharks and great Whites. But the sea is in our blood. The Aquarium is really well set out and great for children and people that have no experience with creatures from the sea. The two whale sharks are juveniles and I hope that they have plans in place as they grow as it is still a small place for them to live. We are not a fan of captive animals but in today's world sometimes that assists with a creatures survival. The Jelly fish display was some what disappointing if you have been to the display at Hong Kongs you will understand.

It is one of the biggest aquarium in Japan. Very nice colkection. It s very easy to reach from train station. They have max qty of visitors in 30 min time slot, so it s not too crowded to see popular fishes.

We had a day trip from Kyoto to Osaka and one place we wanted to visit was the aquarium to see the whale sharks. We spent a couple of hours wandering through the aquarium at times sitting and enjoying watching the fish and rays and sharks swim around the tank. While it was good to see the whale sharks up close it must be said that is is sad to see them in such a small tank compared to the oceans they would normally live in. Like a zoo it gives people an opportunity to see animals that they wouldn't normally get to see in the wild.

Amazing aquarium with a bunch of massive displays and plenty of whale sharks to photograph. It does get pretty crowded with tourists even during working hours for the weekdays. Restaurant inside has very cutely themed aquarium deserts, fast foods and drinks.