All Reviews of Otaru Aquarium

When you visit Otaru Aquarium, you can buy a ticket and head inside to explore. In addition to the many displays of marine life, there’s also a dolphin show. After watching the dolphins’ clever performance, you can walk over to the seaside park. With the clear sky and the deep blue Sea of Japan, it feels incredibly refreshing.

Even though dolphin and penguin shows tend to feel pretty similar everywhere, I still love bringing my kids to aquariums. There's just something mysterious about the ocean world! Otaru Aquarium is especially cool because you can see all kinds of northern and southern fish, plus rare creatures from Hokkaido. Every time we visit Japan, we make sure to come here, and my kids always get super excited!

I watched the dolphin, penguin, and sea lion shows. The show with the giant sea lion was especially fun!

You can really tell they put a lot of thought and creativity into the performances, even with a limited budget. I was really impressed.

The aquarium faces the Sea of Japan and is surrounded by nature. There's a fun dolphin show and a seal feeding time—both are must-see events!