We are sorry to disappoint you but pets are strictly prohibited inside the building (except guide dogs, service dogs and hearing assistance dogs). Also, there are no facilities for keeping your pet at the Ocean Expo Park, including the Aquarium. Thank you for your understanding.

For commercial location shots, including magazines and television, an advance application must be filed. Please contact the following section.

Contact:

Ocean Expo Park Management Center（Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium）
TEL +81-980-48-3748　/ FAX +81-980-48-4444 E-mail

Re-entry is possible on the same day.
If you wish to re-enter the aquarium on the same day, please show your admission ticket.

It depends on the programs you visit in the Aquarium. However, it generally takes about an hour and a half to two hours. There are also facilities where you can observe dolphins, sea turtles and manatees for free nearby the Aquarium. Also available is a tour plan which can accommodate your time schedule and preference.

• Aquarium Program Guide
• Facilities around the Aquarium

It is about 500 meters when you follow the tour course. After entering on the 4F, you walk through 3F, 2F and 1F. All passageways in the Aquarium are equipped with ramps so that you are able to move around without using the stairs.

• Aquarium Area Guide

Personal photography is allowed as long as you do not hinder other customers or take up a lot of space with large camera equipment.
Using camera flash is allowed in most areas but is restricted at some tanks as indicated by signs.
Please do not use continuous lighting systems such as video lights.

For commercial photography for magazines and television productions, please contact Ocean Expo Park Management Center (TEL: 0980-48-3748) to request a permit in advance.

The effects using flash can have on creatures in the aquarium

Bright lights may disturb creatures in the tank. However, light from a camera flash is reflected by the acrylic tank wall, or reduced as it passes through water, therefore flash photography is allowed in this facility except for specific no-flash areas (such as the Ocean Planetarium).

• Recommended photo location
• commercial photography

No, the exhibition tanks in Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium are not pressurized. Many of the deep-sea fish in the exhibit tanks are collected by fishing and trapping in Okinawa's deep sea. By pressurizing the water in the pressurized Aquarium tanks in the backyard and then gradually depressurizing it after the fish have been introduced into the Aquarium enables the fish to breed even under low-pressure conditions. In other words, the marine life seen in the Deep Sea are all extremely rare fish that have been brought into the exhibit through such careful means as described above.

• Deep Sea

The largest whale shark, Jinta, is approximately 8.8 m in length and weighs 6 tons (as of January 1, 2023).

• The Kuroshio Sea
• Visit here if you would like to take a photo with a whale shark.

The largest whale shark, Jinta, eats approximately 30 kg a day. He eats small shrimp such as krill.

• The Kuroshio Sea

Yes, the crab that walks forward is called the asahi crab (spanner crab), which is found in the Coral Sea.

• The Coral Sea

There are several ways to access Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium from Naha Airport; by car (rental car included), highway bus, route bus, and taxi. It takes approximately two hours by car, and about three hours by highway bus. Please see below for more details about general access.

• Directions from Naha Airport

If you have car navigation, search for "Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium," "Ocean Expo Commemorative Park," or "Ocean Expo Park."
The car navigation MAPCODE is 553075797. Enter 0980-48-2741to search by telephone number.
Follow the road signs that say "Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium" or "Ocean Expo Park."

• Directions from Naha Airport

Use the parking at Ocean Expo Park. All parking areas are free. North Parking Area (multilevel parking lot P7) or North Gate Front Parking Area (P6) are most convenient. There is a sign that says "Aquarium Parking" at the entrance of North Parking Area (multilevel parking lot P7). When using other parking areas, you can walk or use an tour car that operates at the Park to go to the Aquarium.

• Parking areas at Ocean Expo Park
• The Nearest Parking Area
• The Tour Car

You can find a parking without any trouble, except on those days when major events such as the firework festival in summer are held. All together there are 8 parking areas available. When you see a sign indicating that a parking area is full, please check the other parking areas. Also, do not hesitate to make inquiries to our parking attendants on the day, who will help you find an available parking.

• Parking locations in Ocean Expo Park

There are six parking lots Installed parking spaces for the disabled inside Ocean Expo Park. All parking spaces are free.

• Parking Locations

Yes, we provide free rentals at each entrance gate and each facility information desk.(But Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is excluded)Please ask our staff. However, we do not accept reservations in advance. We appreciate your understanding.

• Barrier-free information
• For visitors with infants

You can go to the 【Use of credit cards and electronic payment】 page to view the list.

• Use of credit cards and electronic payment

Yes, there are coin lockers on the left-hand side just after you enter the Aquarium (Coral Lobby). Extra Large (500 yen) and  Large size (300 yen) and small size (100 yen) coin lockers are available.
・Extra Large (500 yen)  …Width35×Depth50×Height78㎝
・Large size (300 yen)　…Width35×Depth46×Height78㎝
・small size (100 yen)　…Width35×Depth35×Height37㎝

• About Services for Infants

Please contact Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (TEL 0980-48-3748) or Ocean Expo Park Management Center Park Services (TEL 0980-48-2741).

You can check the following site in advance.

• Time Table

Yes, you can. Please don't hesitate to ask the staff any questions. You will recognize them in a blue uniform（polo shirt） walking around inside aquarium.

Please approach any staff member in the Aquarium. Or, if you go to the information desk at the entrance or the information desk at exit. you will find the staff in attendance at all times. If you are in a hurry, please feel free to call Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (TEL: 0980-48-3748).

We have a variety of facilities such as the Tropical Dream Center, where you can enjoy tropical and subtropical flowers and fruit trees, the Oceanic Culture Museum, where you can learn about the history of the relationship between the sea and people, Okichan Theater, Manatee Pool, Sea Turtle Pool, Dolphin Lagoon, Emerald Beach and others. Please be sure to check out the following:

• Aquarium Surrounding Area Guide
• Ocean Expo Park Guide

You can get around on foot, but there are a few passageways that have bumps. A tour car is also available at Ocean Expo Park. (one-day ticket is 500 yen; a single-ride ticket is 300 yen ）

• Tour Car

Yes, the aquarium is just as enjoyable on rainy days. Tropical Dream Center, Oceanic Culture Museum, Okichan Theater, Manatee Pool, and Sea Turtle Pool are all inside buildings covered with a roof. Okichan Theater is covered with roof. Dolphin Lagoon is partially covered with a roof.
Please see the following sites for more details. Rental umbrellas are also available at no charge on rainy days.

※Okichan Theater was closed for facility repairs from September 1st,2023.The dolphin show is holding at Dolphin lagoon.

• Aquarium Surrounding Area Guide
• Ocean Expo Park Guide

We have a restaurant and a cafe at Aquarium: Restaurant Inoh which is located on the 4F of the Aquarium, and Cafe Ocean Blue which is located inside the Aquarium. There are also several cafes and snack shops in the Park.

• Restaurants and Shops
• Restaurant Inoh
• Cafe Ocean Blue
• Restaurants at the Park

We are sorry to disappoint you but no food or drinks is allowed inside the Aquarium.
At Ocean Expo Park has a place to eat food or drinks which you bring; If you would like a place with a roof near the aquarium, Main Rest House (Churaumi Plaza) and Event Hall is recommended to have bringing foods.

• Main Rest House (Churaumi Plaza)
• Event Hall

Yes, souvenirs can be purchased at Shop Blue Manta .

• Shop Blue Manta

Yes, we sell them at Shop Blue Manta. Please ask the clerk.

• Shop Blue Manta

All the facilities in the Park are barrier free equipped so that every visitor can enjoy their time here. Sites especially equipped for wheelchairs are found at Okichan Theater. Please check Ocean Expo Park Official Site for more information about park facilities.

※Okichan Theater was closed for facility repairs from September 1st,2023.The dolphin show is holding at Dolphin lagoon.

Yes, you can enjoy them on rainy days. Okichan Theater has a roof and Dolphin Lagoon is partially covered with a roof. However, the show may be cancelled due to bad weather or the poor health of the animals. Please check the day's event beforehand.

• Okichan Theater
• Dolphin Lagoon

Yes, we provide a free rental service for electric wheelchairs(10) at the Information desk located in the Aquarium entrance.
Main access ways at each facility can be used by wheelchairs (including transportation by elevators between 1F and 3/4F). Our restaurant "Inoh" is equipped with specially-designed tables, allowing most wheelchairs to fit level with the tables. Holders of disability or nursing certifications should present your certification at the ticket counter to receive admission exemption.

• Barrier-free

Yes, we do accept e-mail inquiries. However, it would be helpful if you took a look at the FAQ page beforehand. When you can't find an answer there, please contact us through the【Inquiry Form】.

• Inquiry Form

You can go to the 【Site Map】 page to view the list.

• Site Map

We appreciate your interest in linking to our site. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium homepage is available for linking, so feel free to make a link. We have a banner for this purpose. We also request that you link to the top page.

• Copyright and Links

You can go to【Ocean Expo Park Official Site】for more on this.

• Ocean Expo Park Official Site

Our homepage is available in the following languages: English, Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese, in addition to Japanese.
We also provide leaflets in English, Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese. You can obtain one at the Aquarium or download it from our homepage.

• English Version
• Korean Version
• Taiwanese Version
• Chinese Version

Yes, all pictures posted on the homepage are copyrighted, which means that it is prohibited to use those pictures without permission. Those who want to use any of the pictures for commercial reason, please file an application for photographic rental services; please visit the following links:

• About Copyright
• About Material Rentals (Japanese Only)

Please apply by fax to the Aquarium Management Office with how many you need. We also accept phone calls from individuals.

• Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Leaflet

At Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium and Sea Turtle Pool, we are engaged in awareness-raising activities against littering, by introducing, for example, the issue of dolphins and turtles dying from mistakenly swallowing garbage found at sea. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is currently implementing awareness-raising enterprises far and wide through research study projects connected to the park.

Dealing with Environmental Issues

Please go to "Welcome to Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium" for more information about the features and exhibits of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. View "Service Information" for more information about services available inside Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Please see below for other information.

• Opening Hours and Admission
• General Outline of Ocean Expo Park
• Access - How to Get Here
• Operational Management of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium