The last sea otter in the Tokyo metropolitan area died at the Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium in 2018. Although some sea otters were born in captivity in Japan, most of them did not ...

Aqua World, the centerpiece of any visit to Oarai in Ibaraki prefecture just north of Tokyo, boasts the largest variety of shark species of any aquarium in Japan. The five-story, 213,000-square ...

Ibaraki Prefecture--A sand tiger shark was born at the Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium here, the first successful breeding of the species in Japan. Only four other aquariums ...

The aquarium is also home to Japan’s largest variety of sharks, with 59 different species on display. For families more interested in eating fish than looking at them, Oarai boasts a highly p ...

This sand tiger shark tried to eat the small reef shark, which is less than half its size (Picture: CEN) You’re gonna need a bigger aquarium. Staff at Aqua World in Oarai, Japan, witnessed the ...

OARAI, Ibaraki -- An annual event in which a sea lion performs "kakizome," the tradition of writing calligraphy for the New Year, began at an aquarium here late in 2022, and in a first for the ...