Kamo Aquarium
Kamo Aquarium | |
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38°45′42″N 139°43′29″E / 38.761667°N 139.724639°E | |
Date opened | 1930 (first) 1956 (second) 1972 (third) 1 June, 2014 (current) |
Location | Okuba 657-1, Imaizumi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan |
No. of species | 140[1] |
Annual visitors | 92,183 (1997)[2] 716,354 (2014) 497,738 (2018)[3] |
Memberships | JAZA[5] |
Major exhibits | the Worlds' largest[4] 60 jellyfish species |
Website | kamo-kurage |
Tsuruoka Municipal Kamo Aquarium (鶴岡市立加茂水族館, Kamo Suizokukan) is an aquarium located in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. In 2005, it exceeded Monterey Bay Aquarium in California regarding the number of jellyfish display types and holds the Guinness World Records for this exhibition. [6]
History
The facility was on the edge of bankruptcy again in the late 90's.[7][8][9] Until then, jellyfish exhibits at aquariums were extraordinary, and there was no breeding methods.[10] In addition, the Kamo does not have enough money.[11] In such a situation, the director Tatsuo Murakami groped to establish methods for breeding jellies,[12][13] it became the best jellyfish museum in Japan. Researchers from the world, including the Paris Aquarium Cineaqua in France, come to learn about this breeding and raising.[14][15]
Northern elephant seal
A three-year-old 2.5-meter 273-kilogram female northern elephant seal[16] was found on Sanze beach (38°42′27.4″N 139°39′47.7″E / 38.707611°N 139.663250°E), Tsuruoka on 16 October 2017.[17][18]She was weakened and injured[19] but recovered after receiving antibiotics at this Aquarium, growing to over 400-kilogram in March 2018.[20] She was named Naomi after a tennis player, Naomi Osaka by a public vote[21][22] and has been exhibited in a pool at Kamo.[23]
Exhibits
Jellies
- Lion's mane jellyfish
- Immortal jellyfish
- Cyanea capillata Eschscholtz[24]
- Freshwater jellyfish[25]
- Habu-kurage[26]
- Glassy nautilus[27][28]
- Lychnorhiza lucerna[29]
- Acromitus maculosus[30][31]
- Jelly blubber[32]
- Egg-yolk jellyfish[33]
- Purple-striped jelly[34]
- Rhizostoma luteum[35][36]
- Blue jellyfish[37][38]
- Spotted jelly
- Mastigias papua etpisoni
- Atlantic sea nettle[39][40]
- Pacific sea nettle[41]
- Flame jellyfish[42]
- Beroe cucumis
- Cassiopea
- Bolinopsis mikado[43]
- Spirocodon saltator
- Clinging jellyfish
- Thimble jellyfish
- Pelagia (cnidarian)[44]
- South American sea nettle
- Pelagia noctiluca
Other sea creatures
Gallery
Jellyfish
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Kuranetarium Sign (a blendword combining kurage and planetarium)
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Shimmering Crystal jelly
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Flower hat jelly with fluorescent yellow and pink tentacles
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Glowing jellyfish
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Jellyfish farming, difficult to breed in captivity
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Growing baby jellyfish
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Educational section with a large lecture hall and a special exhibition section for the growth and development of jellyfish
Other creatures
Restaurant jellyfish menu
- Jellyfish ramen[48] - contains ground cannonball jellyfish.
- Jellyfish sashimi
- Jellyfish icecream[49]
Access
- From JR Tsuruoka Station, 30 minuites by Shōnai Kōtsu bus bound for Yunohama Onsen, adjacent to Kamo Suizokukan stop.
Notes
- ^ 長南里香(2014年6月2日). “クラゲ:乱舞 山形・鶴岡”. 毎日新聞 (毎日新聞社)
- ^ http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/52039/1/thesis_sugawayasuko.pdf
- ^ https://www.yamagata-np.jp/news/201905/05/kj_2019050500075.php
- ^ https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG07020_X00C12A4CR8000/
- ^ https://www.jaza.jp/search-enkan
- ^ https://www.news24.jp/articles/2012/04/08/07203439.html
- ^ https://www.projectdesign.jp/201411/pn-yamagata/001717.php
- ^ https://diamond.jp/articles/-/56384?page=3
- ^ http://gemba-sembonknock.com/2012/11/06/1825.html
- ^ https://www.j-cast.com/tv/2013/07/26180210.html?p=all
- ^ https://www.keiryou-keisoku.co.jp/kiji/shasetu/2016/11/4_3128.htm
- ^ https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/64044?page=2
- ^ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/06/06/business/jellyfish-help-yamagata-aquarium-avoid-bankruptcy/
- ^ https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202004/202004_04_en.html
- ^ https://www.aquamarine.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Abstracts/67-Abstract-IAC2018.pdf
- ^ http://www.shonai-nippo.co.jp/cgi/ad/day.cgi?p=2017:10:19:8164
- ^ https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL3K4WBCL3KUZHB00D.html
- ^ https://kamo-kurage.jp/oshirase/post-kurage7645/
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/JFAQUARIUM/videos/1553581738051816/
- ^ https://www.sankei.com/region/news/180318/rgn1803180005-n1.html
- ^ https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASLB155HKLB1UZHB014.html
- ^ https://www.nhk.or.jp/yamagata-blog2/300/311100.html
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX7ydVyFTD0
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG_hTviuTc8
- ^ https://www.shonai-nippo.co.jp/cgi/ad/day.cgi?p=2011:09:02:4247
- ^ http://blog.livedoor.jp/beranmay/archives/3509866.html
- ^ https://www.pref.yamagata.jp/ou/norinsuisan/147010/images/publicfolder200602169818633033/uotching/63.pdf
- ^ http://ilovenukonuko.blog5.fc2.com/blog-entry-202.html
- ^ https://www.enosui.com/animalsentry.php?eid=00251
- ^ http://xiang-xiang.tokyo/xiang/2019/01/24/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%80%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B2%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8%EF%BC%81%EF%BC%81%E5%B1%B1%E5%BD%A2%E7%9C%8C%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E3%81%AE%E5%8A%A0%E8%8C%82%E6%B0%B4/
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1495872703822720
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_HgTRyc2w
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1538187679591222
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnpp_k1aAWc
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Mr27JwFl4
- ^ https://www.47news.jp/2682450.html
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOUUpnmZCYo
- ^ https://www.odekakeiku.com/entry/jellyfish-aquarium
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1rJc2qHgkc
- ^ https://4travel.jp/travelogue/11184164
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJVVWKBegA&list=PLp1zF9yGf3N4E5zuRPLgtz0L9EuQ5UTQw&index=12&t=0s
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1497856550291002
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOkgO22vk0Y
- ^ https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20170130-kurage/
- ^ http://thecrystalskull.blog135.fc2.com/blog-entry-1208.html?sp
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP6VFHP93WE
- ^ https://www.thehiddenjapan.com/thekamoaquarium
- ^ https://kamo-kurage.jp/floormap/floor06/
- ^ http://nippon-sumizumi-kanko.com/k-kamosuizokukan.html
External links
- Media related to Kamo Aquarium at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Kamo Aquarium on Twitter
- Kamo Aquarium on Facebook