I was brought to your channel from a list of best reef-related TH-cam channels and I was not disappointed! Thanks for sharing this amazing Okinawa aquarium video, I may have to include it as a stop for my Japan trip next month. Subbed and time to do some catching up on your old videos!
Beautiful aquarium. I've seen videos of this tank before but it never ceases to amaze me. It's rather hypnotic watching the fish move slowly around the tank. One almost has to feel sorry for the Whale Sharks, they have nowhere to go but in a circle all day and night. However I'm sure they are well taken care of and in some respects safer there. Thanks again for sharing your experiences.
+Dave Davis I hear whale sharks do very poorly in captivity :( As far as I know this was the public aquarium to house them. There are much larger aquariums now such as the Georgia Aquarium which is around 6 million gallons. Still... those are really big fish regardless of the size of the aquarium.
When I lived there ( for 8 year, 3 military) they didn't have the aquarium matter of fact they didn't drive on the left that happened a year after I left. I spoke Japanese and was married to a Okinawan. Hope you really enjoyed the visit
when i lived there, which was from around 2005-2009 we went there, although i was a baby and didn't remember much I had to remember the huge aquriam tank. It's so awesome even a baby could remember i guess
One word. Wow. Btw than I was just kidding on Facebook about you not keeping up with miss saltwater tank and her vacation vlogs. Definitely pulled out the big guns with this one. Couple other words. Holy craaaaap that's amazing. Haha
I was just wondering for anybody who lives in or visits japan,what is the vibe about the whale and dolphin killings over there? I love some of the aquariums there but unlike the US who banned dolphin captures Japan still does it. I don't know if I would ever go, but for anybody who has, is it a select few who still support it, or is it most of the population?
+B Vito not speaking for native Japanese people, but in the documentary the Cove, they talk about how it isn't really so much a cultural heritage thing so much as it is defiance of the west. As in, "nothing you can say will force us to stop killing whales." It is a tad hypocritical for the U.S. out of any country in the world to criticize anyone for whaling. At one time 70% of all whaling vessels in the world were American and our industrial revolution was made possible by the high effectiveness of whale oil as both fuel and lubricant. Whaling is even romanticized in our literature of the time (think Mony Dick).
+Tidal Gardens Inc. that is true, I myself support a few aquariums with dolphin in them in US, and as I was researching facts presented by the cove, many proved to be false. I would say 90% of people on here are against animal captivity like that, but I still support those who take proper care of their animals. The reason why I asked, was because while we see what happens, like when Australia versed Japan on whaling, I never knew about how individuals felt in Japan, so my question was if you have talked with people about it, what the general consensus was, I guest I am just looking into how the people there felt, rather than always hearing facts on the news.
My parents are both Japanese and I visit Japan frequently...and this is just my opinion, but eating whale and dolphin meat is pretty rare in Japan. Dolphins especially, since only a small region of Japan does and the rest of the country probably doesn't even know that there are people who eat dolphins. Eating whales, however, is slightly more common than dolphins. I believe this is because there is this post-war nostalgia when whale meat was pretty common due to a shortage of food. You can sometimes see fried whale meat in extremely rare, and random shops. So it's definitely not something that everyone eats for dinner everyday.
I guess they must get them at an infant stage somehow. Must be an incredibly arduous process though. whale sharks lay eggs, so they must have somer sort of breeding pattern and know were they can find eggs
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I was here almost 40 years ago. I will never forget Okinawa and how lucky I was to have called it home for 4 years. 1983-1987
This aquarium is awesome. This tank and the reefs that are in Okinawa makes me want to visit Okinawa :-)
I like that acrylic nano tank at the end. It's just slightly bigger than my 10 gallon! :-)
LOL
Best informational video on this place I've seen on YT
That main aquarium doesn't even look real! So awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience! Can't wait for the next livesale.
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I was brought to your channel from a list of best reef-related TH-cam channels and I was not disappointed! Thanks for sharing this amazing Okinawa aquarium video, I may have to include it as a stop for my Japan trip next month. Subbed and time to do some catching up on your old videos!
Went to the Kyoto Aquarium and was amazed at the Whale Shark there. The Okinawa Aquarium looks spectacular. I want to go and see it too.
Love these videos from your vacations & trips to various aquariums. I hope you keep making more like this.
Thats soo cool I wanna see that in person
Wow! Great video! Japan in itself is just beautiful. The next time I got to Japan, I'll need to go to Okinawa to see this aquarium.
Planning a trip to Japan, for sure going to check this out.
Beautiful aquarium. I've seen videos of this tank before but it never ceases to amaze me. It's rather hypnotic watching the fish move slowly around the tank. One almost has to feel sorry for the Whale Sharks, they have nowhere to go but in a circle all day and night. However I'm sure they are well taken care of and in some respects safer there. Thanks again for sharing your experiences.
+Dave Davis I hear whale sharks do very poorly in captivity :( As far as I know this was the public aquarium to house them. There are much larger aquariums now such as the Georgia Aquarium which is around 6 million gallons. Still... those are really big fish regardless of the size of the aquarium.
Wow!!! Just Wow!!!! Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Geesh, crazy! Another thing for my to go list!
This is a great video with some well-done narration. I miss Okinawa!
Me too!
@@tidalgardens I'm half-Okinawan so the nostalgia really hit hard watching this. Thanks for uploading it :)
Great but Great video, that last tank is amazing with those wale sharks
Simply amazing. Thank You!
When I lived there ( for 8 year, 3 military) they didn't have the aquarium matter of fact they didn't drive on the left that happened a year after I left. I spoke Japanese and was married to a Okinawan. Hope you really enjoyed the visit
when i lived there, which was from around 2005-2009 we went there, although i was a baby and didn't remember much I had to remember the huge aquriam tank. It's so awesome even a baby could remember i guess
thanks Than.. Okinawa is now on my bucket list
+Dee From Brooklyn It is worth a special visit. It has a Hawaii feel to it, but way more exotic and with better food.
+Tidal Gardens Inc. I'd go just for the food. . Your friend there working on any coral projects. I'd like to see the lab
Japan Let’s Visit
Awesome video likes usual!! Great video
I just wanted to say thank you
Very nice, I'm jealous!
The Okinawa Aquarium and Atlanta Aquarium are the two largest in the world
One word. Wow.
Btw than I was just kidding on Facebook about you not keeping up with miss saltwater tank and her vacation vlogs. Definitely pulled out the big guns with this one.
Couple other words.
Holy craaaaap that's amazing. Haha
Japan 🇯🇵
I am sure I will go Okinawa on the future.
recent videos equal now I know you're not in Orlando love these videos
Cool j'aimerai bien faire la suite de mes visites d'aquarium : Monaco, Barcelone, Bangkok, La havane ....
Magnificent
exciting!
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Whoa!
Tank simce a little small for The waleshark tbh
I've seen people with dwarf cuddlefish, is that reef safe or what?
HORY SHET!!! great video Than!!!
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Thanks for this vid Than, its amazing, but I don't like it one BIT! because now I have to see it myself :(
I wouldn't put any tangs in that last tank. Someone still might call the tang police on you.
I was just wondering for anybody who lives in or visits japan,what is the vibe about the whale and dolphin killings over there? I love some of the aquariums there but unlike the US who banned dolphin captures Japan still does it. I don't know if I would ever go, but for anybody who has, is it a select few who still support it, or is it most of the population?
+B Vito not speaking for native Japanese people, but in the documentary the Cove, they talk about how it isn't really so much a cultural heritage thing so much as it is defiance of the west. As in, "nothing you can say will force us to stop killing whales." It is a tad hypocritical for the U.S. out of any country in the world to criticize anyone for whaling. At one time 70% of all whaling vessels in the world were American and our industrial revolution was made possible by the high effectiveness of whale oil as both fuel and lubricant. Whaling is even romanticized in our literature of the time (think Mony Dick).
+Tidal Gardens Inc. that is true, I myself support a few aquariums with dolphin in them in US, and as I was researching facts presented by the cove, many proved to be false. I would say 90% of people on here are against animal captivity like that, but I still support those who take proper care of their animals. The reason why I asked, was because while we see what happens, like when Australia versed Japan on whaling, I never knew about how individuals felt in Japan, so my question was if you have talked with people about it, what the general consensus was, I guest I am just looking into how the people there felt, rather than always hearing facts on the news.
My parents are both Japanese and I visit Japan frequently...and this is just my opinion, but eating whale and dolphin meat is pretty rare in Japan. Dolphins especially, since only a small region of Japan does and the rest of the country probably doesn't even know that there are people who eat dolphins. Eating whales, however, is slightly more common than dolphins. I believe this is because there is this post-war nostalgia when whale meat was pretty common due to a shortage of food. You can sometimes see fried whale meat in extremely rare, and random shops. So it's definitely not something that everyone eats for dinner everyday.
How do you get a whale shark into an aquarium?
I guess they must get them at an infant stage somehow. Must be an incredibly arduous process though. whale sharks lay eggs, so they must have somer sort of breeding pattern and know were they can find eggs
Awwww, how cute. The fish the Japanese didn't eat.
I am not a fan of having those whale sharks in that tank.
umm your driving on the wrong side of the road
Scott SPS in Japan/Europe in general, people drive on the left side of the road, not the right like in America.
@@ollietuit Uh? I'm in Europe and we don't drive on the left 😅 (but maybe it depends of the countries idk)