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Yesterday I went to Hiroshima!!! Why did I go to Hiroshima? BECAUSE!!! I wanted to go Miyajima Aquarium!!!!! So I went to Hiroshima with my cousin, Nana.

We arrived at Hiroshima at eleven! And we took the train again, and rode on a boat for Miyajima! And we arrived at Miyajima :))) We walked to Miyajima Aquarium. On my way to the aquarium, we saw Itsukushima Shrine! Do you know it? It was registerd on World Heritage list in 1996. Very famous shrine! I've never been to Itsukushima Shrine, so I was so glad to see it!

We walked and walked and walked... and arrived at MIYAJIMA AQUARIUM!!!!! This aquarium was famous for SUNAMERI(スナメリ, Finless Porpoise). Sunameri is a kind of dolphin, and they're so cute!!!!!!! I found them soon :) Oh!!! Very cute!!!! There were four dolphins, and one dolphin approached us! I was moved! Also I was so happy :D

And we saw many marine lives. All animals were very cute and made me happy. Miyajima Aquarium wasn't large so much, so we looked around again and again. I couldn't be tired of seeing them :)

We left aquarium at five. And we rode a boat, took the train.... and arrived at Kumamoto at 10:30! We were very tired. However this was happy tiredness, I thought.

I've been to some aquariums. Every aquarium was so nice. However Miyajima Aquarium is very very nice! I like it very much!!! So I'm so sad that Miyajima Aquarium close down ;( This is for renewal, but I like the present Miyajima Aquarium! I don't want to renew... but I hope that new Miyajima Aquarium will be better than now! And I want to go to new Miyajima Aquarium, and meet sunameri again :) I'm looking forward to see you!!!!!

now they are talking.... :)

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Website Review: KAIYUKAN (rewrite)

Do you like aquarium? I like it very much! I've been to some aquariums before. All aquariums were very good! So I'll introduce website of Kaiyukan(海遊館). Kaiyukan is one of the largest aquarium in the world, and it is one of my favorite aquarium. I've been to Kaiyukan twice. I like there very much!!! I want to tell everyone about Kaiyukan, so I'll introduce the website of Kaiyukan! This site has many many information about Kaiyukan!!! Click here.

First of all you should look Profile page. In this page, the theme of Kaiyukan is written. Kaiyukan's theme is nature in the Pacific Ocean, so we can see and feel the greatness of nature. If you read that page before you go there, you may feel deeply about the greatness of nature. You can not only enjoy but also learn! It is great thing, I think.

If you want to know about marine lives in Kaiyukan, look Popular Fishes and Marine Mammals page. There are pictures and explanations of marine lives, and this page is my favorite points. You can learn about marine lives! And you can also learn English, I think. However there are only a few pictures. There are more pictures in Japanese page. I like Pacific White-sided Dolphin ( in Japan, we call カマイルカ)! They are so cute!!! Whale Shark is also cute.

Kaiyukan is located in Tempozan Harbor Village, and there are also other amusement there. You can eat delicious foods, go shopping, take a Ferris wheel, enjoy contact with animal, and so on! If you proceed, you can enter again and again! You can enjoy all day there!!! I think that you should buy economical ticket set. When I went to Kaiyukan, I bought ticket of Kaiyukan and Ferris wheel as a set. The Ferris wheel is so nice! If you take it at night, you can see beautiful night view. Also I was able to enjoy contact with animal. I fed rabbits, goat, and squirrels! It was really fun. Many amusement will certainly attract you! If you want to know about Tempozan Harbor Village, click Amusement page.

In this site, you can read in many language. So this site is useful for studying language too!!! And, in the web page written in Japanese, there is more detailed information. So it is also good to see Japanese page. I hope that you become interested in Kaiyukan and go there! You should go there!!! Kaiyukan is really great aquarium. I can recommend Kaiyukan with great confidence!!!!

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Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Last week, I went to Chiba!! So I'll talk about my trip to Chiba :-) First I'll talk about Hakkeijima Sea Paradise!!!

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I went to Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise!!! This is an aquarium in Yokohama. This aquarium is very famous, so I think that many people know it.

I arrived there at 10. There were three kinds of aquariums in Hakkeijima. First I went to the largest aquarium. There were many animals. I liked polar bear! They were so cute :-) And there was chin-anago (Spotted Garden Eel), so I became very happy!!! I like chinanago very much. I took many pictures.



After I looked many animals, I went to see show of animal. However I arrived at place of show before the show started, so I looked dolphins. There was pool next to the show pool, and there were many dolphins. They practiced for show. Dolphins were so clever. I couldn't be tired of their performance.


At 12, the show started! Sea lion, walrus, pilot whale, dolphin... many kinds of animals did great performance. I was moved by their performance :-)



After that, I went to dolphin aquarium! This was special aquarium of dolphin :-D This was a visionary place! There were three dolphins and one beluga (White whale). Do you know beluga? Beluga is white dolphin. They are so cute!!! Of course beluga in hakkeijima was also cute :-) He (or she) was very popular, so many people looked him. I like 'Pacific white-sided dolphin' the best, but beluga was really cute! I like him too.

Next I went to another spacial aquarium! It was 'FUREAI Lagoon.' We can touch many animals at this aquarium. There were many animals. For example, otaria, penguin, walrus, starfish... and my sweet dolphins!!! I wanted to touch dolphins!!! I waited for the dolphins to come. Wait and wait and wait... However I couldn't touch ;-( That was very unlucky. But!!! I was happy because I was able to watch dolphins near! Dolphins were sooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that I was the happiest girl :-)


At 19:30, I went to the show pool again because it was the time of last show. Night show was different from daytime show. Daytime show was very exciting, however night show was more touching! I was moved :-)


Last I bought souvenir for Milktea, my friends, and my family. I was tired a little, but I was also happy. This trip became my good memory!!!

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My dream---aquariums

I have a dream!! My dream is to visit all aquariums in Japan.

I love animals since I was child. Maybe it is my father's influence. My father likes animals, so he often took me zoo. I've been to Kumamoto Zoo many times! And my father often watched animal programs on TV. I also watched with him. So I was interested in animals.

I've been to some aquariums. I've been to Toba Aquarium and Futami Sea Paradise in Mie prefecture, Io world in Kagoshima, Kaiyukan in Osaka, Marin World in Fukuoka, and Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba. I want to many many aquariums!!! For example, Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Churaumi Aquarium, Umitamago, Kaikyoukan, and so on. The best aquarium where I want to go is Nagoya Port Aquarium. I've heard that Nagoya Port Aquarium is great aquarium!!! So I want to go :-) And I want to go Toba Aquarium again!!! I've been to Toba Aquarium when I was 12 years old. I longed for this aquarium because I had watched there on TV. This was my first experience to see dugong (sea cow, ジュゴン). This is my unforgettable memory!!

Aquariums is full of happiness. Aquariums make everyone happy :-) I love aquariums!!!!

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