Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium

The Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium is located along the Port of Nagoya Garden Pier and beloved for its beautiful, mystical displays. The facility is divided into the North Building and South Building with the South Building created on the theme of A Journey into the Antarctic. Explore the oceanic environments from Japan to Antarctica in five exhibits: Marine Life Around Japan, the Deep Sea Gallery, Tropical Marine Life, Australian Fresh Water Life, and Antarctic Marine Life displays.
The North Building illuminates visitors with the motto of A 3.5-Billion-Year Journey into the Past: Animals Which Returned to the Seas. Learn from a variety of exhibits how animals evolve and the world of whales, originally land-dwelling mammals who gained a knowledge of the ocean to the point of having learned to live exclusively in it.

The Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium is located along the Port of Nagoya Garden Pier and beloved for its beautiful, mystical displays. The facility is divided into the North Building and South Building with the South Building created on the theme of A Journey into the Antarctic. Explore the oceanic environments from Japan to Antarctica in five exhibits: Marine Life Around Japan, the Deep Sea Gallery, Tropical Marine Life, Australian Fresh Water Life, and Antarctic Marine Life displays.
The North Building illuminates visitors with the motto of A 3.5-Billion-Year Journey into the Past: Animals Which Returned to the Seas. Learn from a variety of exhibits how animals evolve and the world of whales, originally land-dwelling mammals who gained a knowledge of the ocean to the point of having learned to live exclusively in it.

OVERVIEW

Location 1-3 Minato-machi, Minato-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
Opening Hours Check the official site for business hours
Regular Holidays Mon (the following day should Mon coincide with a national holiday)

Notes:
• Open every day during the consecutive Golden Week vacation in May, Jul–Sep, Year-end/New Year holiday, and spring break.
• Unscheduled closure may occur due to maintenance in winter.
Access 5 min. southwestwards walk from Exit 3 of Nagoyako Station of the subway Meiko Line (either board the Meiko Line from 5-min. walk southwest from Exit 3 of Nagoyako Station of the Meiko Subway Line (board the Meiko Line from Kanayama Station or the Meijo Line train bound for Nagoyako from Sakae Station, in turn reachable from Nagoya Station by the Higashiyama Subway Line bound for Fujigaoka).
Restroom Available
Parking • Standard-size vehicles: Approx. 1,200 spaces (JPY 100/30 min. and a maximum fee of JPY 1,200 every 24 hr.)
• Buses: 23 spaces (JPY 900/day)
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