Enoshima Aquarium

We got up to a very wet and cold day. It was a lazy Saturday morning with waffles for breakfast and some general relaxing.
Colin did a great job reading stories to Ryan until it was time to head out the door to Yokohama and the Enoshima Aquarium!

Follow the dolphins...

and fish...

and we're there heading into an underwater experience!

They have a huge three story high tank. There are viewing areas all the way down the ramp so you can see the fish at the level of the ocean where they normally live. Some of the divers were feeding the fish when we got there. Then as you walked down there were separate specialty rooms for Sagama Bay. Take a walk with us...

Puffer Fish
Kidako Eel
Busy place!
Japanese Butterfly Ray

Brownmouth Guitar Fish

Red Stingray

The dark mass behind the ray in the middle is
part of the 8000 sardine school. It was mesmerizing!

Thousands of fish!

Into the Sagami Bay Zone Room. The
Aquarium is located on the shore of this Bay.

Crab - about 1' across.
Cuddlefish

Squid

Time for a snack--the ice cream here is wonderful :-)

Out to see the dolphin show...

on the way back in we caught this view of
the Sagami Bay Lighthouse..and Mt. Fuji
in the distance...it's really there!

Into see the seals...

then penguins

mostly Humboldt Penguins.

then deep water dwellers...

then onto the jellyfish room...amazing!

Lionfish

It was a great day! We then started the drive home which turned out to be very slow!!! The roads here are either highways which are mostly toll or 2-4 lane streets with an incredible number of lights which aren't timed very well. Jill had the GPS going so we saw some interesting side roads. The density of population is extreme but all is tranquil and organized even with the thousands of people.
When we got home Colin started on one of his origami projects. At the Aquarium they had a sheet where the kids could get stamps at 3 different centers and at the end they got to choose a packet of orgami sheets with directions or some pens. Colin got the orgami and Ryan decided on the pens. Had a little Wii before dinner...

Had a great dinner and headed to bed not
too long after that!