Oga Aquarium Gao

Oga Aquarium Gao (男鹿水族館ガオ), officially Akita Prefectural Oga Aquarium, is an aquarium located along Oga Peninsula coast, Oga, Akita Prefecture, Japan. GAO stands for Globe, Aqua and Ocean, and sounds like an Oga-native Namahage shout.

Overview
Overlooking the Sea of Japan, it keeps and displays over 10,000 marine organisms, including those from Akita Prefecture's abundant marine resources and over 400 species of rare aquatic animals from around the world. This is the only tank in Japan where they have Japanese sandfish on display all year round. They also have a touch pool section where you can handle different sea creatures, such as sea urchin and sea cucumbers. During the New Year’s season, divers dress up as Namahage and feed the fishes in the main tank. The aquarium has appeared in the film "Tsuribaka Nisshi 15".

History
The former Akita Prefectural Aquarium was founded in 1967, and displayed 300 species including Japanese sandfish, Otters, Penguins and White caimans.

Exhibits



 * Live sharksucker
 * Red seabream
 * Takifugu xanthopterus
 * Japanese red seaperch
 * Pitted stingray
 * Green sea turtle
 * Japanese poacher
 * Stereolepis
 * Omobranchus elegans
 * Japanese spider crab
 * Sea raven
 * Japanese tree frog
 * Pond loach
 * Acheilognathus tabira tohokuensis
 * Pungitius
 * Japanese fluvial sculpin
 * Common carp
 * Montane brown frog
 * Southern fiddler ray
 * Melbourne skate
 * Nezumi fugu
 * Spotted garden eel
 * Green chromis
 * Xingu River ray
 * Piranha
 * Southern rockhopper penguin
 * Northern sea nettle
 * Earless seals
 * Sea lions
 * Jellyfish
 * Japanese sandfish


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Parking lot
It can hold 630 cars and vehicles.