Ibaraki Cultural Promotion Foundation Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium Celebrate the arrival of the new year with the creatures of the aquarium! “New Year Aqua World 2025” December 27, 2024 (Friday) – January 19, 2025 (Sunday)

[Ibaraki Cultural Promotion Foundation] [Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium] Let’s celebrate the arrival of the new year with the creatures of the aquarium! “New Year Aqua World 2025” December 27, 2024 (Friday) – January 19, 2025 (Sunday) ​
Ibaraki Cultural Promotion Foundation Press release: December 19, 2024 [Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium] Celebrate the arrival of the new year with the aquarium creatures! “New Year Aqua World 2025″ December 27, 2024 (Friday) – January 19, 2025 (Sunday) A zodiac aquarium is now available! A “zebra sea snake” is on display in honor of the New Year’s zodiac sign “Snake”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/62197/46/62197-46-dee1c1b13781793288e05da3114c4586-904×337.png In honor of the New Year’s zodiac sign, the Snake, a zodiac aquarium displaying the Zebra Sea Snake will appear. The creatures named “sea snakes” are related to the reptilian snake family and the fish family eel. The zebra sea snake that will be exhibited this time is a “fish”. Unlike sea snakes, which are reptiles, if you look closely, you can see that they have fins and gills, but unlike sea snakes, which are reptiles, they do not shed their skin, nor do they have sharp fangs or venom. Please come and observe the zebra sea snakes up close in our aquarium where you can enjoy the zodiac signs unique to an aquarium. https://www.aquaworld-oarai.com/2024/12/19/ny2025/ Zebra sea snake Scientific name: Myrichthys colubrinus Total length: 90cm They live in the sandy seas of coral reefs in the Ryukyu Islands and other areas, where they burrow into the sand. It has a distinctive black and white striped pattern on its body, which is said to mimic the venomous reptilian sea snake. Exhibition period: December 27, 2024 (Friday) to January 19, 2025 (Sunday) Exhibition location: 3rd floor Shark Daddy’s Room *Contents may change depending on the situation of the creature. Speaking of New Year’s, it’s the beginning of calligraphy. Sea lions write down the zodiac sign “Snake” and New Year’s resolutions During the new year version of Dolphin/Sea Lion Ocean Live, California sea lions will perform a “calligraphy performance.” Along with New Year’s-like BGM, the sea lion holds a special brush in its mouth and writes out “New Year’s resolutions” and “the characters for the zodiac sign Snake.” Please pay attention to the sea lion’s bold and powerful brush strokes.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/62197/46/62197-46-f380885e9667470a81cdc9a9e2e505cf-3456×2304.jpg Calligraphy performance by sea lions Venue: 4th floor Surprising Sea Zone Ocean Theater Date: January 1, 2025 (Wednesday/Holiday) – January 19, 2025 (Sunday) Event time: Varies depending on the day, so please check the website in advance. *Contents may change depending on the situation of the creature. “Flower exhibition” by high school students from the prefecture, a masterpiece that colors the beginning of a new year To mark the end of the new year, high school students from around the prefecture will hold a “Flower Exhibition.” The modern culture research club of Ibaraki Prefectural Kose High School, which will be cooperating with the flower arrangement, is a strong school that won the National High School Flower Arrangement Battle Ibaraki Tournament and has also participated in the national competition. This is the first time in three years since the New Year’s event in 2022 that we have held a flower arrangement exhibition at our museum, and on December 27th, the opening day of the exhibition, we will use our youthful sensibilities to create a flower arrangement inspired by Aqua World Oarai. You can actually see it.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/62197/46/62197-46-323139edf8f16bfbcb7914648c37132c-2551×1912.jpg Past flower exhibitions Venue: 3rd floor, in front of the general information center Exhibition period: December 27, 2024 (Friday) to January 19, 2025 (Sunday) *Contents may change depending on the situation. A special program in which sea lions write calligraphy for customers: “Sea Lion’s one-stroke soul!” We will be holding a special program called “Enthusiasm of a Sea Lion’s Stroke!” where you can experience the powerful brushstrokes of a sea lion up close. Customers will be asked to bring their own colored paper, and the sea lions will write the letters directly. You can choose from about 10 different characters, including this year’s zodiac signs, “Snake”, “LOL”, and “Sea”.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/62197/46/62197-46-f5231985c55d9e9c09ab18148380429f-3115×2225.jpg One stroke of the sea lion! Venue: 4th floor Surprising Sea Zone Ocean Theater Date and time: Varies depending on the day, so please check the website in advance. Target number of people: First 5 people (5 years old or older) Fee: 800 yen (tax included) How to participate: Please purchase tickets at the ticket vending machine opposite the general information center on the 3rd floor. *Contents may change depending on the situation of the creature. Limited quantity of fortune slips with original ceramic figurines available We will be selling the original omikuji “Aqua World omikuji”, which was very popular last year, for a limited time this year as well. This year, in addition to the white crocodile, there will also be a fortune slip with a ceramic sunfish figurine. Furthermore, each of the “jackpots” that have a 1 in 10 chance of winning comes with a white crocodile tooth and a sunfish skin specimen. Would you like to read your fortune for 2025 at Aqua World Oarai?
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/62197/46/62197-46-f5e4e57468664d7e2926f8dba14907e7-1276×907.jpg Sales location: 3rd floor, Shark Daddy’s room, next to the zodiac aquarium Exhibition period: December 27, 2024 (Friday) to January 19, 2025 (Sunday) Sales amount: Various 500 yen (tax included) *Limited quantity “Super Shark Exhibition” held by Aqua World Oarai, where “sharks are amazing” starts from January 18, 2025 The long-awaited special shark project “Super Shark Exhibition ~Shark Daddy 2nd Research Institute~” will be held at Aqua World Oarai, which has “the largest number of shark species kept in Japan”, and will start from January 18, 2025. . A total of 51 species of sharks are exhibited in almost every tank in the museum, and the museum is full of sharks. We will also introduce in detail the shark breeding that our museum has been involved in to date. Details of the “Super Shark Exhibition,” which analyzes sharks from various angles, will be announced in early January.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/62197/46/62197-46-642f964e1782ac6a265c9d1f4479609c-3900×2600.jpg *All images are for illustrative purposes only. Event name: Super Shark Exhibition ~Shark Daddy 2nd Research Institute~ Event period: Scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2025 to Sunday, April 6, 2025
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