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Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

■Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Billing itself as an “Aqua Museum,” this amusement park and aquarium occupies its own small island at the tip of Yokohama Bay. The aquarium is a good one, with an undersea viewing tunnel that shows off some of the huge collection of over 100,000 fish. In addition to the aquarium there are also some popular rides here. The surf coaster is a roller coaster that extends over the water, giving riders the sensation that they are about to plunge into the sea. Blue Fall is a 107 meter free-fall tower, dropping screaming riders back to earth, where many of them stumble off for tamer attractions, such as the brightly illuminated merry-go-round. With dolphin shows, shopping and dining, and an attractive park to wander through, you could easily spend most of the day here.

>>Access
Hakkeijima, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa Yokohama station====(20 min. by JR Negishi line)====Shin-Sugita station====(18 min. by Seaside line)====Hakkeijima station====(1 min. on foot)====Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

>>Website
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (English, Chinese, Korean)

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