The Coast of Chile exhibits a female broadnose sevengill shark (female, approximately 130 centimeters in total length.)

Broadnose sevengill sharks are large-sized sharks attains three meters in length when they grows. They have seven pairs of gills while other sharks have five gills from side to side and they have single back fin. They have a lot of common points with the species which went extinct in the earliest times.
They have humorous faces as if they look smiling. But they have savage nature and they pry on small sharks, rays, shrimps, and crabs.
There are a few aquariums in Japan which exhibit broadnose sevengill sharks. Kaiyukan is the sole aquarium which exhibits the above shark in Kansai area (six prefectures in total.) It is the first time to exhibit a broadnose sevengill shark.

Tufted ducks (A male [right] and two females)
Their bodies are covered with black feathers except eyes with yellow ones. Males have beautiful white feathers from both sides to the abdomen. Both male and female have the bird's crest on their head respectively. They are also called “Bed hair bird” since appearances of their bird’s crests look like bed hair. They come to Japan to pass the winter.

Smew (Two males)
They have beautiful bodies. Especially males are covered with white feathers with black lines on their backs and chest. They are called “Panda dabbling duck” since they have black patterns around their eyes. They periodically fly to Japan to pass the winter.

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Kaiyukan, two small, pretty and lovable finless porpoises are specially exhibited from March 12, 2010.

For exhibition of finless porpoises, the tank “Kelp Forest” is closed and repaired during the period from February 6, 2010 (Sat.) to March 11, 2010 (Thr.)

Since February 6, ocean sun fish have been exhibited in the Pacific Ocean. Please accept the change of our exhibition.

Capybaras are regularly exhibited in the Ecuador Rain Forest from February 6, 2010!

You can always see them.

Since February 6 (Sat.), two capybaras have been exhibited in the Ecuador Rain Forest on the seventh floor in Kaiyukan since February 6, 2010. They had been exhibited in the special exhibition “Touching Live” until January 11, 2010.

Visitors are able to enjoy their lovable appearances and unique ecology in the regular exhibition.

[Exhibited Date] From February 6, 2010 (Saturday)
[Place] Ecuador Rain Forest on the seventh floor of Kaiyukan
[Exhibited number] 2 (Both are males.)

*Exhibition of Cuvier's dwarf caiman is cancelled for a while due to the exhibition of capybaras.

November 27, 2009 (Fri.)
Kaiyukan TV Spot “Illumination Fantasy” has been broadcasting since November 27, 2009 (Fri.)

The concept of TV spot this time is “What is Kaiyukan?”
Every visitor may have different image of “Kaiyukan.” Kaiyukan would like to provide potential visitors with the image of “Kaiyukan, the place to revitalize!”
What role does Kaiyukan play for you?

This TV spot can be seen in “Kaiyukan Channel” on the YouTube site.

November 27, 2009 (Fri.)
Kaiyukan Illumination Fantasy is held by February 21, 2010

Kaiykan’s TV commercial song, “Sweet Sweet” which is the second single CD of “Noa Nowa” is broadcasted. Living things at night and twinkling illumination that give us exciting feelings with the atmosphere of this song make TVCM warm and romantic. Please check this CM on the air.

【Noa Nowa】

“Noa Nowa” is a quintet lead by Yukko who plays cello and sings songs. In February 2009, they made a debut with their song “Place where the dream is.” In summer, they appeared on a lot of music festivals and enjoyed the good reputation by giving their excellent show.

Dramatic and emotional sounds with the natural singing voice of Yukko who plays cello create their unique world. They are the sole quintet which provides the “devastating jubilee” with listeners who almost forget it these days.

〔Noa Nowa Official Site〕

【Sweet Sweet】

2009.11.18 VICL-36551
“Sweet Sweet” is one of their best songs that they have kept since the time before their debut. This song is love song singing painfully about the unnamed love of a couple who are not friends or lovers. This song is a sweet, painful and inspirational song suited for the winter season which let listeners long to be around people.

On sale with good fame!

On November 1, 2009, Measuring Day, Kaiyukan measured the length of whale sharks, “Kai-kun” and “Dai-kun.”
Their swimming aspects were taken by a measuring camera behind the scene of the Pacific Ocean tank, and those images were processed by a computer connected to the camera.

According to the results, the following figures were calculated.
The length of “Kai-kun” is 4 m 67 cm, and the estimated weight is 1,200 kg.
The length of “Dai-kun” is 4 m 96 cm, and the estimated weight is 1,200 kg.

The width of Manta’s disc was 3 m 13 cm and that of Spinetail mobula was 2 m 39cm.

(1) A diver goes under the water with a 1.5-meter reference scale.
(2) From the top of the tan, the staff takes photos of such scene. From the proportion between a reference scale and a whale shark, another staff calculates the total length of a whale shark.