Sunshine Aquarium

サンシャイン水族館Toshima, Tokyo

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At a Glance

Sunshine Aquarium sits on the top floors and rooftop of a building in Sunshine City, Higashi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It opened in 1978 as the first rooftop aquarium in Japan, and reopened in August 2011 after a year-long renovation. It is compact, but holds around 80 tanks with 37,000 fish of 750 species.

Sunshine Coral Reef was the first permanent reproduction of a coral reef environment in Japan. Outdoors, the Marine Garden has sea lions, otters and the Penguins in the Sky exhibit, which gives the impression of penguins flying over the city. The jellyfish area Kurage Kuukan opened in 2020, and programs such as sea lion shows are held.