It’s pouring with rain when I wake up, so I’m somewhat fortunate that my plan for this morning is to visit the aquarium. Having mastered the subway, I arrive at the aquarium to find a notice pinned to the door warning that there will be approximately four thousand school children inside today. It’s a considerate warning, but I decide to brave the aquarium anyway, mainly because the weather argues against doing much else.
The star of the Osaka Aquarium is undoubtedly their whale shark, and the aquarium is designed around the monster’s tank so that whenever you emerge from an exhibit there’s a chance to catch a glimpse of it. I'm lucky enough to see it at feeding time, and a two storey-tall fish, suspended vertically in the water while it's fed from above is quite a sight. I also enjoy the crab exhibits and, diabolically, my thoughts start to drift ahead, to my planned crab feast at Kani Doraku later in the week. Feeling quite hungry and struggling against the rising tide of school children, I decide it's time to move on.
I extricate myself from the now overrun aquarium, looking for somewhere to get breakfast where the ratio of adult to child is a little more balanced than 1:250. The nearby malls are out of the question, so in the end I settle for a can of cold coffee and some more onigiri before getting back on the subway.
The star of the Osaka Aquarium is undoubtedly their whale shark, and the aquarium is designed around the monster’s tank so that whenever you emerge from an exhibit there’s a chance to catch a glimpse of it. I'm lucky enough to see it at feeding time, and a two storey-tall fish, suspended vertically in the water while it's fed from above is quite a sight. I also enjoy the crab exhibits and, diabolically, my thoughts start to drift ahead, to my planned crab feast at Kani Doraku later in the week. Feeling quite hungry and struggling against the rising tide of school children, I decide it's time to move on.
I extricate myself from the now overrun aquarium, looking for somewhere to get breakfast where the ratio of adult to child is a little more balanced than 1:250. The nearby malls are out of the question, so in the end I settle for a can of cold coffee and some more onigiri before getting back on the subway.
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