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The winners selected in a drawing for the renewal of the annual passport in April

cyura2010 — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:49:15 +0000

We thank you for each and every time you have visited Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
We would like to express our gratitude to the customers who renew their annual passport of the Aquarium each year.
The winners were selected in April by drawing and the winners each receive gift cards or free tickets to the Aquarium.

The winners in April, 2013

The winners in March are following; please refer to your ID number.
The winners will receive prizes without prior announcement.

Gift cards
30293839	30293882	30294675

Free tickets to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
30293742	30293743	30293745	30293830	30293840
30293875	30293937	30293970	30294014	30294054
30294410	30294072	30294196	30294233	30294253
30294418	30294423	30294436	30294450	30294464
30294478	30294507	30294528	30294580	30294602
30294613	30294634	30294651	30294654	30294666

Are you interested in the annual passport?
If you visit the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium over twice a year, we recommend you to obtain an annual passport.
You will get some special services after your card renewal.

For more details, please click here.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

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Congestion predictions (May and June)

cyura2010 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:41:48 +0000

1.Hourly and Daily congestion predictions (May and June)

Dates	Open Hours at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	Closing time at Ocean Expo Park (related area with Aquarium)
May, June	8:30 – 20:00 (Last admission 19:00)	20:30

Busiest time of day is from approx. 10:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

There are fewer visitors in the evening (approx. after 16:00) at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
Recommended Courses‘Enjoyable Churaumi Course’

2. Congestion prediction probable dates ( May and June )

Differs with time of day.: heavily crowded; many people; not many people

Calculated number of visitors in May, 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Calculated number of visitors in June. 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

Number of visitors in May, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
		1 9,241	2 9,672	3 13,593	4 18,936	5 15,003
6 5,751	7 3,043	8 4,991	9 6,850	10 7,249	11 5,850	12 8,049
13 6,253	14 6,544	15 5,686	16 5,319	17 6,060	18 6,046	19 8,133
20 8,131	21 5,332	22 4,259	23 4,733	24 5,993	25 6,326	26 8,463
27 7,408	28 6,116	29 4,935	30 4,195	31 4,373

Number of visitors in June, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
					1 4,872	2 7,209
3 6,972	4 6,445	5 5,431	6 3,920	7 4,417	8 5,135	9 7,395
10 6,718	11 4,994	12 4,346	13 3,469	14 3,615	15 5,933	16 7,240
17 5,986	18 4,559	19 3,723	20 4,841	21 6,233	22 8,069	23 8,869
24 7,804	25 7,034	26 6,585	27 5,845	28 7,625	29 7,976	30 8,107

3．Parking Information of Ocean Expo Park

We have 8 free parking areas.
Please click here, for more details about parking information at Ocean Expo Park.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

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Free Admission to the Aquarium for Elementary and Jr. High Schoolers in May 4 and 5, 2013!

cyura2010 — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:37:30 +0000

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium gives you a special offer!!
All Elementary and Jr. High schoolers can enter our Aquarium for free during Golden Week!!

【Dates】: May 4, 2013(Sat. / holiday) 8:30~21:00*
May 5, 2013(Sun. / holiday)8:30~21:00*
【Intended applicants】: Elementary and Jr. High schoolers 　　*Under 6 years old is admission free as usual.

【Note】 Advance tickets which you have bought outside of our aquarium as convenience stores or travel agencys are not refundable at our Aquarium.Please inquire of the store where you bought.

*Special Days:Opening Hours are extended for 1 hour at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium during 3 days from May 3 to 5, 2013. (21:00 closed, 20:00 last admission)

The busiest time of day is from approx. 11:00 to 16:00 at our Aquarium. There are fewer visitors in the early evening (approx. after 16:00) and also you can enjoy using “After 4 PM tickets” , when the admission fee becomes uniformly 30 % off.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3748
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

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The winners selected in a drawing for the renewal of the annual passport in March

cyura2010 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:51:30 +0000

We thank you for each and every time you have visited Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
We would like to express our gratitude to the customers who renew their annual passport of the Aquarium each year.
The winners were selected in March by drawing and the winners each receive gift cards or free tickets to the Aquarium.

The winners in March, 2013

The winners in March are following; please refer to your ID number.
The winners will receive prizes without prior announcement.

Gift cards
30293513	30293570	30293626

Free tickets to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
30292830	30292855	30292901	30292917	30292938
30292976	30292989	30293004	30293064	30293079
30293127	30293152	30293165	30293211	30293258
30293273	30293293	30293303	30293353	30293354
30293369	30293396	30293415	30293428	30293429
30293437	30293520	30293542	30293552	30293559
30293572	30293583	30293598	30293611	30293643
30293654	30293680	30293722

For more details, please click here.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

FAQ
Mail

Congestion predictions (April and May)

cyura2010 — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:24:59 +0000

1.Hourly and Daily congestion predictions (April and May)

Dates	Open Hours at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	Closing time at Ocean Expo Park (related area with Aquarium)
April , May	8:30 – 20:00 (Last admission 19:00)	20:30

Busiest time of day is from approx. 11:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

There are fewer visitors in the evening (approx. after 16:00) at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
Recommended Courses‘Enjoyable Churaumi Course’

2. Congestion prediction probable dates ( April and May )

Differs with time of day.: heavily crowded; many people; not many people

Calculated number of visitors in April. 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
	1	2	3	4	5	6 width=20" height="15" />
7 width=20" height="15" />	8	9	10	11	12	13 width=20" height="15" />
14 width=20" height="15" />	15	16	17	18	19	20 width=20" height="15" />
21 width=20" height="15" />	22	23	24	25	26	27 width=20" height="15" />
28 width=20" height="15" />	29	30

Calculated number of visitors in May, 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
			1	2	3	4 width=20" height="15" />
5 width=20" height="15" />	6	7	8	9	10	11 width=20" height="15" />
12 width=20" height="15" />	13	14	15	16	17	18 width=20" height="15" />
19 width=20" height="15" />	20	21	22	23	24	25 width=20" height="15" />
26 width=20" height="15" />	27	28	29	30	31

Number of visitors in April, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
1 width=20" height="15" /> 10,456	2 10,799	3 13,147	4 7,548	5 6,316	6 9,103	7 width=20" height="15" /> 7,557
8 width=20" height="15" /> 5,993	9 6,064	10 4,713	11 4,622	12 5,296	13 6,981	14 width=20" height="15" /> 8,942
15 width=20" height="15" /> 7,436	16 6,868	17 5,474	18 6,047	19 6,558	20 8,590	21 width=20" height="15" /> 8,947
22 width=20" height="15" /> 10,818	23 6,966	24 6,451	25 5,413	26 6,066	27 5,116	28 width=20" height="15" /> 7,640
29 width=20" height="15" /> 12,273	30 8,634

Number of visitors in May, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
		1 9,241	2 9,672	3 13,593	4 18,936	5 width=20" height="15" /> 15,003
6 width=20" height="15" /> 5,751	7 3,043	8 4,991	9 6,850	10 7,249	11 5,850	12 width=20" height="15" /> 8,049
13 width=20" height="15" /> 6,253	14 6,544	15 5,686	16 5,319	17 6,060	18 6,046	19 width=20" height="15" /> 8,133
20 width=20" height="15" /> 8,131	21 5,332	22 4,259	23 4,733	24 5,993	25 6,326	26 width=20" height="15" /> 8,463
27 width=20" height="15" /> 7,408	28 6,116	29 4,935	30 4,195	31 4,373

3．Parking Information of Ocean Expo Park

We have 8 free parking areas.
Please click here, for more details about parking information at Ocean Expo Park.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

FAQ
Mail

The winners selected in a drawing for the renewal of the annual passport in February

cyura2010 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:30:02 +0000

We thank you for each and every time you have visited Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
We would like to express our gratitude to the customers who renew their annual passport of the Aquarium each year.
The winners were selected in February by drawing and the winners each receive gift cards or free tickets to the Aquarium.

The winners in February, 2013

The winners in February are following; please refer to your ID number.
The winners will receive prizes without prior announcement.

Gift cards
30292150	30292234	30292382

Free tickets to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
30291890	30291892	30291909	30291910	30291944
30291950	30291953	30292001	30292009	30292026
30292069	30292107	30292146	30292152	30292217
30292219	30292240	30292287	30292311	30292335
30292408	30292412	30292428	30292443	30292450
30292472	30292490	30292540	30292559	30292634
30292666	30292686	30292691

For more details, please click here.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

FAQ
Mail

Congestion predictions (March and April)

cyura2010 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:42:08 +0000

1.Hourly and Daily congestion predictions （March and April)

Dates	Open Hours at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	Closing time at Ocean Expo Park (related area with Aquarium)
March, April	8:30 – 20:00 (Last admission 19:00)	20:30

Busiest time of day is from approx. 11:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

There are fewer visitors in the evening (approx. after 16:00) at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
Recommended Courses‘Enjoyable Churaumi Course’

2. Congestion prediction probable dates ( March and April )

Differs with time of day.: heavily crowded; many people; not many people

Calculated number of visitors in March, 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

Calculated number of visitors in April. 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

Number of visitors in March, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
				1 4,669	2 5,914	3 7,697
4 7,395	5 7,950	6 8,510	7 7,939	8 7,381	9 9,552	10 9,203
11 9,533	12 10,562	13 9,070	14 8,293	15 6,739	16 7,104	17 8,843
18 11,178	19 10,946	20 6,993	21 5,710	22 4,747	23 6,458	24 10,316
25 12,377	26 12,106	27 10,732	28 9,808	29 8,772	30 10,445	31 12,838

Number of visitors in April, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
1 10,456	2 10,799	3 13,147	4 7,548	5 6,316	6 9,103	7 7,557
8 5,993	9 6,064	10 4,713	11 4,622	12 5,296	13 6,981	14 8,942
15 7,436	16 6,868	17 5,474	18 6,047	19 6,558	20 8,590	21 8,947
22 10,818	23 6,966	24 6,451	25 5,413	26 6,066	27 5,116	28 7,640
29 12,273	30 8,634

3．Parking Information of Ocean Expo Park

We have 8 free parking areas.
Please click here, for more details about parking information at Ocean Expo Park.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

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Operating hour will be changed from March 1st, 2013

cyura2010 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:36:25 +0000

Operating hour of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium and Oceran Expo Park will be changed to Summer term (Mar. – Sep.) from March 1st, 2013.

Operating Hour

Facilities	Summer (Mar.-Sep.)	Normal （Oct.-Feb.）
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	8:30 – 20:00	8:30 – 18:30
Ocean Expo Park ( Aquarium related areas) *1	8:00 – 20:30	8:00 – 19:00
Facilities excepting Aquarium *2	8:30 – 19:00	8:30 – 17:30
Ocean Expo Park (Excepting aquarium related areas)	8:00 – 19:30	8:00 – 18:00

●Last admission time to the Aquarium is 1 hour before the closing time.

●Last admission time to the other facilities is 30 mins before the closing time.

*1 Road from the Aquarium Exit to North Gate, Central Gate including P3, P4, P5 and P7, Park Information Center and Restrooms are related to the group.

*2 Okichan Theater, Dolphin Lagoon, Sea Turtles Pool and Manatee Pool are related to the group.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

FAQ
Mail

Congestion predictions (February and March)

cyura2010 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:39:10 +0000

Note

■The Asia Pacific Orchid Conference and Exhibition, largest orchid conference in Asia and Pacific and Okinawa International Orchid Show will be held at Tropical Dream Center and the around area from February 2 to 11, 2013. It will be crowded with many people at Ocean Expo Park including parking lot, so please have a margin of time if you come to Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

1.Hourly and Daily congestion predictions （February and March)

Dates	Open Hours at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	Closing time at Ocean Expo Park (related area with Aquarium)
February	8:30 – 18:30 (Last admission 17:30)	19:00
March	8:30 – 20:00 (Last admission 19:00)	20:30

Busiest time of day is from approx. 11:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

There are fewer visitors in the evening (approx. after 16:00) at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
Recommended Courses‘Enjoyable Churaumi Course’

2. Congestion prediction probable dates (February and March)

Differs with time of day.: heavily crowded; many people; not many people

Calculated number of visitors in February. 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28

Calculated number of visitors in March, 2013
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

Number of visitors in February, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
			1 5,698	2 8,290	3 8,068	4 7,608
5 8,006	6 8,325	7 6,410	8 6,044	9 5,656	10 6,057	11 9,083
12 7,518	13 5,813	14 4,557	15 5,726	16 7,205	17 7,678	18 8,240
19 7,619	20 7,327	21 7,417	22 6,038	23 6,018	24 7,330	25 7,958
26 8,365	27 8,110	28 6,530	29 4,720

Number of visitors in March, 2012
Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
				1 4,669	2 5,914	3 7,697
4 7,395	5 7,950	6 8,510	7 7,939	8 7,381	9 9,552	10 9,203
11 9,533	12 10,562	13 9,070	14 8,293	15 6,739	16 7,104	17 8,843
18 11,178	19 10,946	20 6,993	21 5,710	22 4,747	23 6,458	24 10,316
25 12,377	26 12,106	27 10,732	28 9,808	29 8,772	30 10,445	31 12,838

3．Parking Information of Ocean Expo Park

We have 8 free parking areas.
Please click here, for more details about parking information at Ocean Expo Park.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

FAQ
Mail

The winners selected in a drawing for the renewal of the annual passport in December

cyura2010 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:36:53 +0000

We thank you for each and every time you have visited Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
We would like to express our gratitude to the customers who renew their annual passport of the Aquarium each year.
The winners were selected in December by drawing and the winners each receive gift cards or free tickets to the Aquarium.

The winners in December, 2012

The winners in December are following; please refer to your ID number.
The winners will receive prizes without prior announcement.

Gift cards
30290703	30290868	30290953

Free tickets to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
30290295	30290311	30290338	30290348	30290351
30290438	30290443	30290472	30290482	30290485
30290517	30290519	30290527	30290546	30290554
30290561	30290600	30290652	30290655	30290678
30290688	30290717	30290775	30290864	30290889
30290894	30290899	30290930	30290967

For more details, please click here.

Contact us

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Management Office
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun,
Okinawa Japan 905-0206

TEL:+81-980-48-3740
FAX:+81-980-48-4444

FAQ
Mail