Saturday, December 20, 2008

Sunshine International Aquarium

On Nov23, I and Ken went to the Sunshine International Aquarium in Ikebukuro. The aquarium has a mini zoo and we could watch several animals very closely in there. Mari went to a beauty salon in Shibuya where a friend of hers working.


(Left) Ken stared at hamsters for a long time. (Right) A sea lion caught balls thrown by spectators.


(Left) A ring-tailed lemur and a six-banded armadillo. Unlike three-banded armadillos, six-banded armadillos cannot roll up into a ball. (Right) A patagonian mara. It looks like a deer but is a species of large rodent.


(Left) Swimming fishes in a large circular glass tank. (Right) Ken lied in front of a tank watching arapaimas (pirarucus). He said that it was the best fish for him.


Burrow-inhabiting fishes. (Left) Yellow-head jawfishes. (Right) Splendid garden eels (Gorgasia preclara).


(Left) Ken and pelicans. (Right) Ken and a penguin-shaped, illuminated christmas decoration.

We spent many hours in the aquarium. Then we joined Mari in Ikebukuro and had dinner in a restaurant.

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