Suntory Museum and Kaiyukan AquariumWe hopped onto a few trains to get to the Tempozan area which is right by the water. It was kind of a funny seemingly deserted port-town. Lots of shops but hardly any were open... around lunch though lots of older businessy looking gentlemen were out. We arrived at Suntory Museum after some tasty Japanese eats and found out that the current display was a collection of Studio Ghibli storyboards. Sweet! Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photos inside, but fortunately you were able to purchase the entire museum collection in book form (I couldn't resist) I was really inspired by the drawings and now it's got me wanting to learn how to draw. As if my brain wasn't pulled in enough directions already. :P
train to Osakako station
We snuck in a picture at the museum! These little guys were in the stairwell.
So cool! In the lobby there were little tables set
up where you could draw your own little dust/ash creatures from
Spirited Away on round stickers. Then you got to stick them on these
two gynormous walls. Fun. :)
We also took in an IMAX 3D movie called Under the Sea 3... triptastic. The only thing was that since it was in Japanese we had to use headphones for the English narration. The headphones were wonky... they only worked if you tilted your head in a certain direction! Lol. Super crick in the neck.
After the museum it was just a hop skip and a jump away to the Kaiyukan Aquarium famous for its whale sharks (they're so cute! and huge!) We could have just sat and watched the fish in that huge tanks for hours on end. Such fascinating creatures.
Another kind of fascinating creature are the Japanese. As we walked throughout the exhibits in the aquarium we could hear no end of squeals of delight! "OoooOOOH!" "OHHHHHHH!" Hehehe. It was awesome and so distinctly "Japanese". Reckless abandon when it comes to squealing from both genders.
penguin floating around...
hello mr. toitle
yum!
WHALE SHARK! OMNOMNOM.
check out the little fish below him... how do they do that?
It attached itself somehow to the whale shark and went for a free ride.
yum again!
There was a tank full of sting rays and little sharks and you could touch them. The rays had a jello like texture and the sharks were rough like sandpaper.
You can see more pics on my FB page.
To be continued...
We snuck in a picture at the museum! These little guys were in the stairwell.We also took in an IMAX 3D movie called Under the Sea 3... triptastic. The only thing was that since it was in Japanese we had to use headphones for the English narration. The headphones were wonky... they only worked if you tilted your head in a certain direction! Lol. Super crick in the neck.
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awesome!!
The shark WAS really cute!