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Marine World Uminonakamichi (マリンワールド海の中道, Marin-wārudō-Uminonakamichi) is a public aquarium in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. [3] It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA), and the aquarium is accredited as a Museum-equivalent facilities by the Museum Act from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Umi no Nakamichi (海の中道, 'road in the middle of the sea' or 'path through the sea') is a tombolo in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It connects Kyushu Island and Shikanoshima Island. It is 8km in length and up to 2.5 km in width. Its northern coast borders Genkai Sea and its southern coast Hakata Bay.
Riro (リロ, Riro, 30 March 2007 – 4 January 2025) was a male sea otter at Marine World Uminonakamichi.He was the last male sea otter at a Japanese aquarium, and one of the last three remaining sea otters of any gender in Japanese aquaria.
The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan in July 2001.This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the distance freestyle events, with both men and women swimming both 800 and 1500 m.
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Japan has the largest number of public aquariums per capita in the world. [1] There are many small public aquariums in Japan and many are not on this list. Some aquariums that are considered to be of high academic value are, have been designated as registered museums or museum-equivalent designated facilities by the Ministry of Education ...
Fukuoka Prefecture (Japanese: 福岡県, Hepburn: Fukuoka-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. [3] Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 km 2 (1,925 sq mi ). [ 4 ]
The aquarium is working with Marine World Uminonakamichi, Aqua World, Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe, Marine Science Center, Social Education Center, Tokai University, and the endangered In 2015, we established the sand tiger Breeding Council, which aims to share information on the artificial birth and active breeding of the endangered sand tiger ...