Sea Paradise

July 2008, my friend and I went to YOKOHAMA HAKKEIJIMA SEA PARADISE. It is a leisure island. It is located at the tip of Yokohama Bay and is a new generation style amusement park. It is the home of one of the top aquariums in Japan. Over 500 different varieties of fish with more than 100,000 sea creatures in all. It is one of the largest Aquariums in Japan. There is an immense three-story aquarium filled with thousands of tropical and fresh water fish. (That's what their pamphlet said).

view from the train station

island map

merry-go-round

aqua museum

We paid for a 1 day ticket pass where we could access all the attraction in the park which are Aqua Museum, Marine Mammals show, Dolphine Fantasy, Fureai Lagoon and Pleasure Land.

polar bear

happy feet penguins

viewing tunnel

shark

fish with legs (super weird looking fish)

After we tour the museum we headed to the aqua stadium where sea lions, dolphins, penguins and white whales will show their amazing tricks. 

Aqua Museum

sea lions

dolphins are having a race

When the marine mammal show ended, we had our lunch and go straight to Dolphin fantasy. Dolphin Fantasy is an tunnel shaped-like aquarium with dolphins swimming both beside you and overhead. At the end of the tunnel is a cylindrical tank where there is a 360 degree view of the white whale which sometimes swim right up to the glass.

inside the dolphin fantasy

dolphin swimming with the fishes. I think those are their foods.

white whale

A while later, when we got our fills of fishes and dolphins, we decided to try the rides in Pleasure Land. Pleasure Land is the section of the park with amusement rides such as aqua ride, blue fall, viking, surf coaster and a lot more.

Aqua Ride ( its like rio grande in Enchanted Kingdom)

while waiting for our turn

blue fall ( free-fall from a height of 107 meters)

our smiles hide our fear

oh no! here it comes..

Up..

up..

first drop

and our reaction after the fall... 

in line for surf coaster

Viking

waaahhhh.....

not scary anymore, since we already tried the Blue Fall..

bumper boat

they did not let us girls to control the boat.. :(

Next stop, Fureai Lagoon. Fureai Lagoon is an open aquarium where people could interact with marine mammals and other sea creature. 

fureai lagoon :D

dolphin.. I really want to take it home.. soo cute!!!

another dolphin

patrick star.. haha

inside fureai lagoon

Fureai is so amazing.. got to touch the whales, the dolphins, the sea lion, and the star fish.

sea lion is having a show. she's about to kiss the little girl.

full view of surf coaster

restaurant by the bay

wall of dolphin fantasy

it is actually made of small tiles. 

As our day in the park is about to end, we went to the shops to buy some souvenir. And this is what i bought.

cute right..? ^_^

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

http://www.seaparadise.co.jp/english/index.html