West Japan's largest 'jellyfish wonder' photo collection with fantastic and beautiful jellyfish gathered, you can see the growth process and research of jellyfish up close



A new exhibition area ' Jellyfish Wonder ' will be released from Thursday, July 16th, 2020, which will display more than 5,000 jellyfish, more than 20 species, which are the most

common in western Japan at the Kyoto Aquarium . In addition to the eye-catching 360-degree panorama 'GURURI', the ' Kyoto Jellyfish Research Department ', which opened to the public for the first time the research on jellyfish that had been conducted in the backyard for the first time, and an exhibition by jellyfish growth process by aquarium I went to see a wide variety of jellyfish ahead of me.

New exhibition area 'Jellyfish Wonder' | Umekoji 'Kyoto Aquarium' [Official Site]
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Right next to the entrance to the new exhibition area 'Jellyfish Wonder' at the Kyoto Aquarium, where you can experience the fantastic world of jellyfish...



An aquarium where you can see the growth process of the moon jellyfish up close was exhibited.



The jellyfish on the first day of life are so large that you can't see them without your eyes.



Two to five days after birth, it grows to a size that can be seen with the naked eye.



From about a month after birth, which becomes a jellyfish-like shape...



The growth process up to 2 months after birth was exhibited. It is said that after 3 months of age, it will be moved to the

GURURI aquarium



In addition, in one corner of the Jellyfish Wonder, there is the 'Kyoto Jellyfish Research Department,' which conducts breeding and research on jellyfish in an open space.



There are 15 kinds and 1000 animals such as octopus jellyfish, dry jellyfish, gearman jellyfish, oyster jellyfish, and clown jellyfish. The Kyoto Jellyfish Research Department can see the research up close, and it is possible for the breeding staff to hear detailed explanations of the jellyfish that cannot be explained by the explanation panel.



You can also enjoy small jellyfish that are difficult to understand in a large aquarium at a close distance.



If you look closely, you can see that the small veiled jellyfish are floating in the beaker.



Of course, not only small jellyfish but also large ones can be seen up close. The following is the red jellyfish that was displayed in a large aquarium among the jellyfish on display.



It is a sight to see the long tentacles flicker in the water. It seems that the large red jellyfish feed on the moon jellyfish that was also in GURURI.



The Pacific Sea Nettle aquarium, which also has long tentacles, is also spectacular.



Pacific sea nettle, a highly poisonous jellyfish, lives in North America. The tentacles are crimped and you can enjoy a different view from the red jellyfish.



There was also a large aquarium where many cannonball jellyfish swim.



The cannonball jellyfish, which is smaller than the jellyfish, fills the aquarium and is as fantastic as GURURI.



The round-shaped aquarium contained Amakusa jellyfish found in the Amakusa region of Kumamoto Prefecture.



At first glance, it looks cute in pink, but it is a jellyfish with poison.



There were many small aquariums as well as large ones.



Just like an 'owan', the Owan jellyfish...



Colored jellyfish with various colors such as blue, red, purple and white.



Gearman jellyfish with a transparent body. 'Gearman' means 'diamond' in Dutch.



Although it was a jellyfish, there were 20 kinds of jellyfish displayed, including the 'octopus jellyfish,' which bears the name 'octopus' because it has eight tentacles.



In addition to the jellyfish exhibition, character diagnosis by jellyfish and...



There was also a picture book posted that would let you know more about the jellyfish on display.



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