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Kyoto Aquarium

Kyoto Aquarium is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kyoto Aquarium rather than just read about it. In short: Kyoto Aquarium (京都水族館) is an aquarium located in Umekoji Park in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture's Shimogyo Ward, Japan. History Opened on March 14, 2012 (Heisei 24), it is an inland aquarium and the first aquarium in Japan to completely use artificial seawater.

Key takeaways

Kyoto Aquarium belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kyoto Aquarium to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kyoto Aquarium from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kyoto Aquarium (京都水族館) is an aquarium located in Umekoji Park in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture's Shimogyo Ward, Japan.

History

Opened on March 14, 2012 (Heisei 24), it is an inland aquarium and the first aquarium in Japan to completely use artificial seawater.

It is also one of the largest inland aquariums in Japan. It is one of the core facilities of Umekoji Park near Kyoto Station, and is managed by Orix Real Estate Corporation, which leases part of the park and adjacent land from the city of Kyoto.ORIX Facilities Corporation, a building management company within the DAIKYO Group, will provide general management services, while ORIX Aquarium Corporation will operate the aquarium. The amount of seawater required, which accounts for approximately 90% of the total water volume, will be provided entirely by artificial seawater produced by Taisei Corporation's high-performance filtration system, which designed and constructed the aquarium. The building will have three stories above ground and one story in the tower, with a total building area of 5,948.25 m2, a total floor area of 10,974.29 m2, and a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. The construction cost is approximately ¥6,000,000,000 (total investment not disclosed). The goal is to attract 2 million visitors in the first year.

Penguin relationships The Kyoto Aquarium house penguins, which are generally monogamous, and staff are able to observe their relationships, noting behavior such as wing-flapping and mutual grooming as signs of affection. In 2018, the Kyoto Aquarium's X social media account shared an image of a penguin relationship diagram that went viral. The diagram contains information about five main relationships among the penguins: couples and lovers (shown with a heart symbol and red line), failed relationships (shown with broken hearts and blue line), complicated relationships (shown with a question mark with hearts and purple line), basic friendships (shown with a yellow line), and enemies (shown with a green line). The chart also includes personality descriptions, pictures, and names of each penguin. For example, from the chart it can be seen that Tera is Kyoto Aquarium’s popular female penguin, with failed relationships with six penguins’ in the 2019. Moreover, Tera was observed to have a relationship with Orre (who according to the map is a "control freak"), but also has romantic interests with Same and Shijyou. The Sumida Aquarium has created a similar penguin relationship chart for their penguins.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kyoto Aquarium

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kyoto Aquarium claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kyoto Aquarium before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kyoto Aquarium ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kyoto Aquarium

In research: Kyoto Aquarium appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kyoto Aquarium in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kyoto Aquarium is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Aquaria in Japan, Zoo stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kyoto Aquarium outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kyoto Aquarium in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kyoto Aquarium means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Kyoto Aquarium in simple terms?

Kyoto Aquarium (京都水族館) is an aquarium located in Umekoji Park in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture's Shimogyo Ward, Japan. History Opened on March 14, 2012 (Heisei 24), it is an inland aquarium and the first aquarium in Japan to completely use artificial seawater.

Why does Kyoto Aquarium matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kyoto Aquarium?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kyoto Aquarium.