The biggest goldfish
entertainment aquarium
in Japan

Japan’s largest goldfish museum is born in Nara Prefecture, one of Japan’s Top 3 goldfish cultivation areas. The entire museum is based on the concept of “goldfish”, with displays created by today’s leading artists. Here you can experience experiments only available here—projection mapping, flowers, terrariums, and mirror balls. The stars are the goldfish, which range from familiar to rare species, all raised in Yamatokoriyama City. Approx. 3,000 goldfish swim gracefully and beautifully around the aquariums as if floating along. Enjoy “soothing”, “surprising”, and “impressive” spaces that you can experience through the five senses as befitting an “entertainment aquarium” transcending the concept of a “goldfish museum”.

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• Kingyo museum

  NARA KINGYO ART

  Seven artistic spaces featuring projection mapping, light, stained glass, and mirrors. Each of these spaces has been crafted by various artists, realizing fantastical spaces. The fish swimming gracefully in these various spaces are a part of the art. Be sure to also notice the out-of-the-ordinary expressions on the goldfish.

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• JAPANESE AQUARIUM DISCO

  KINGYO DISCO AQUARIUM

  Japan’s customary four seasons, goldfish, cutting-edge technology, and mirror balls weave together to create a mirror ball disco night. On display is the world’s first diamond-cut fish tank, which has a brilliant cut designed to “spread the sparkle” of light that penetrates the tank from above and is totally reflected internally. Please enjoy experiencing the gorgeous world and excitement.

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• JAPONE KOMICHI

  KINGYO JAPONISM AQUARIUM

  This aquarium recreates an Edo streetscape exuding a captivating atmosphere, like a procession of courtesans. Enjoy Japan’s four distinct seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—with cherry blossoms in spring and red-golden leaves in autumn.
  Be greeted by colorful art and the charming Japanese beauty of light on 21 traditional Japanese umbrellas.

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• AQUA OASIS

  KINGYO POWER STONE AQUARIUM

  This enchanting power spot aquarium beautifully displays goldfish that look like living jewels. Goldfish swim around an underwater forest oasis against a backdrop of colorful fantasy projection mapping against a 12 m wide wall. Relax and savor an exquisite sense of healing that can only be experienced here.

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• Trick Art

  KINGYO Trick Art

  Trick art where you can ride on the backs of goldfish, scoop goldfish, producing magical photographs.
  Pictures are painted directly on the wall, so be sure to notice the brushwork, too.

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• Five Hundred Goldfish

  NARA KINGYO MUSEUM Yanai,Yamaguchi

  This display comprises goldfish created in collaboration with Yanai Goldfish Lanterns from Yamaguchi Prefecture. During its making, the overwhelming lattice was infused with the creators’ desire to connect people through “bonds” from top to bottom of the country precisely because of these difficult times. Each of the 500-odd goldfish lanterns are handcrafted by artisans.
  UWS ENTERTAIMENT then connected all these lanterns one-by-one.

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• Human Aquarium

  KINGYO HUMAN ART

  TApprox. 10 times the size of a normal home aquarium, this “human aquarium” enables you to know how fish feel and is the only one of its kind in Japan. Everything you would need in an aquarium—aqua plants, a bubbling filter—is human-sized. Go inside the aquarium and experience what it feels like to be a goldfish!

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• Infinite Goldfish

  KINGYO MILLER ∞

  Approx. 1,700 years ago, humans discovered a type of crucian carp that was a different color from all the others, and thought the fish was beautiful. Could these humans’ finding of beauty in differences and diversity after the discovery of goldfish be the origin of humankind’s “beauty aesthetic”? Fish continue to evolve, even today. No two goldfish have exactly the same color, shape, and pattern. The possibilities of life are infinite.

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