{"id":26110,"date":"2012-07-08T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=26110"},"modified":"2012-07-08T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T15:04:45","slug":"japanlocal-kamo-aquarium-in-tsuruoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/08\/japanlocal-kamo-aquarium-in-tsuruoka\/","title":{"rendered":"JapanLocal: Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka"},"content":{"rendered":"

JETAA Philadelphia Subchapter<\/a>\u00a0rep\u00a0Rashaad Jorden<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0recently wrote the following article for the Japan Tourist website (a great example of JETs helping to promote \u201clocal\u201d tourism for Japan):<\/em><\/p>\n

Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka: \u00a0More wonderful water fun in Yunohama<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(Click link to the article to see photos: \u00a0http:\/\/japantourist.jp\/view\/kamo-aqarium<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

In a part of Tsuruoka renown for\u00a0onsen<\/em>\u00a0and Yamagata Prefecture’s most popular beach, it’s quite fitting there’s another place where water brings out more fun. Only here animals are stars of the show.<\/p>\n

Once threatened with bankruptcy, Kamo Aquarium in Yunohama has grown to become one of the country’s most popular aquariums, welcoming more than 220,000 visitors in 2011 (according to a June 2012 article on the Japan Times’ website). A remarkable number considering only 90,000\u00a0people visited Kamo in 1997, sparking rumors of the aquarium’s demise.<\/p>\n

Much of the credit for Kamo’s revival goes to one creature: the jellyfish. Indeed, aquarium director Tatsuo Murakami has credited a 1997 jellyfish exhibition for sparking a renewed interest in Kamo, which motivated him to build up its collection of jellyfish. Kamo has sinced earned the Guinness World Record for greatest number of jellyfish in its collection\u2014more than 35 species of them are in an underground exhibition area called the Kuranetarium\u2014thanks in large part to the diligent work of the staff, who are required to catch jellyfish from the sea near the aquarium daily.<\/p>\n

Jellyfish are not only to be seen at Kamo\u2014they can be eaten. Several dishes in the aquarium’s restaurant (such as ramen and ice cream) include jellyfish and if your jellyfish needs haven’t already been satisfied, you can buy jellyfish-related souvenirs (such as a jellyfish necktie) in the gift shop.<\/p>\n

But if jellyfish aren’t your thing, don’t despair. The second and third floors of the Kamo Aquarium house animals such as sharks, crabs, octupus and numerous kinds of fish, and best of all\u2014especially for the little ones\u2014a sea lion show entertains guests four times a day.<\/p>\n

There is fun to be had in Yunohama without getting wet.<\/p>\n

Practical information:<\/p>\n

– Kamo Aquarium is open every day of the year, usually from 8:30 to 5 p.m. But from July 20 to August 20, the aquarium is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

– Entertainment shows (such as the sea lion show) are suspended from December 1 to mid-March due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n

– Ticket prices are as follows:<\/p>\n

Adults: 800 yen<\/p>\n

Elementary and junior high school students: 400 yen<\/p>\n

Children between 3 and 6 years of ago who haven’t entered elementary school: 150 yen<\/p>\n

Children younger than three: Free entry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JETAA Philadelphia Subchapter\u00a0rep\u00a0Rashaad Jorden\u00a0recently wrote the following article for the Japan Tourist website (a great example of JETs helping to promote \u201clocal\u201d tourism for Japan): Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka: \u00a0More wonderful water fun in Yunohama (Click link to the article to see photos: \u00a0http:\/\/japantourist.jp\/view\/kamo-aqarium) In a part of Tsuruoka renown for\u00a0onsen\u00a0and Yamagata Prefecture’s most popular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[369,6],"tags":[618,656,687,1379],"class_list":["post-26110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-local","category-writers","tag-japanlocal","tag-local-return-on-jet-vestment","tag-local-tourism","tag-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-6N8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26111,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110\/revisions\/26111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}