Toba Aquarium, Toba

Name: Toba Aquarium
Address: 3 Chome-3-６ Toba, Toba-shi, Toba, 517-8517, Japan
Telephone: +81 599-25-2555

#1 among attractions in Toba

Top attraction, Aquarium, Park, Zoo

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Facts and practical information

Toba Aquarium is a public aquarium, which is located in Toba, Mie, Japan. The aquarium houses 12 zones which reproduce natural environments, housing some 25,000 individuals representing 1,200 species. ()

Local name: 鳥羽水族館 Opened: 1955 (70 years ago)Visitors per year: 940 thous.Animals: 25 thous.Species: 1000Elevation: 16 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 34°28'54"N, 136°50'46"E

Address

3 Chome-3-６ Toba, Toba-shiToba 517-8517 Japan

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+81 599-25-2555

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Day trips

Toba Aquarium – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Meoto Iwa, Sea-Folk Museum, Sakatejima, Kongōshō-ji.

3.8 miNW
Natural attraction, Beach, Marina
Meoto Iwa, Ise-Shima National Park
98 min walk • Meoto Iwa, or the Married Couple Rocks, are two rocky stacks in the sea off Ise, Mie, Japan. They are joined by a shimenawa and are considered sacred by worshippers at the neighboring Futami Okitama Shrine. According to Shinto, the rocks represent the union of the creator kami, Izanagi and Izanami.
3.8 miSE
Natural history museum, Museum
Sea-Folk Museum, Toba
97 min walk • Toba Sea-Folk Museum is a museum dedicated to the area's fishing traditions in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Having first opened as the private Sea-Folk Museum in 1971, the museum reopened in its current location in 1992, and in 2017 was reestablished as a public, municipal museum under its current name.
0.8 miNE
Area
Sakatejima, Ise-Shima National Park
21 min walk • Sakatejima also known as Sakate Sima, Sakate-jima, or Sakate-shima, is an island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture.
3.8 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Kongōshō-ji, Ise-Shima National Park
97 min walk • Kongōshō-ji is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Asamacho neighborhood of the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture Japan. Its main image is a statue of Kokūzō Bosatsu.
~690 ftNE
Island
Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba
4 min walk • Mikimoto Pearl Island is a small island in Ise Bay, offshore Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The island is known as the birthplace of cultured pearl aquaculture.
6.4 miNE
Island
Kozukumi Island
164 min walk • Kozukumi-jima is an island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. Kozukumi-jima is uninhabited.
3.5 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Taikoji, Ise
89 min walk • Taie-ji Temple is a temple of the Daigo school of Shingon Buddhism located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The temple is said to have been founded by Gyoki in the Tempyo period...
3.8 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Sugashima Lighthouse, Sugashima
97 min walk • Sugashima Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the island of Sugashima, in Ise Bay off the shores of the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located within the borders of the Ise-Shima National Park.
3.2 miNE
Island
Tōshijima
83 min walk • Tōshijima is an inhabited island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the largest of the outlying islands of Toba.
3.8 miSE
Museum
Haino bo wu guan, Ise-Shima National Park
97 min walk • Toba Sea-Folk Museum is a museum dedicated to the area's fishing traditions in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Having first opened as the private Sea-Folk Museum in 1971, the museum reopened in its current location in 1992, and in 2017 was reestablished as a public, municipal museum under its current name.
1.1 miW
Universities and schools
Toba National College of Maritime Technology, Ise-Shima National Park
28 min walk • Toba National College of Maritime Technology is one of five maritime colleges in Japan. Established in 1881, it is the oldest continuously-operated national maritime college in the country.