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Sunshine Aquarium

Sunshine Aquarium is a engineering 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 Sunshine Aquarium rather than just read about it. In short: Sunshine Aquarium (サンシャイン水族館, Sanshain suizokukan), formerly known as Sunshine International Aquarium (サンシャイン国際水族館, Sanshain kokusai suizokukan), is a public aquarium located on the top floors and rooftop of the World Import Mart building in Sunshine City, Tokyo, Japan. The aquarium opened in October 1978.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Sunshine Aquarium (サンシャイン水族館, Sanshain suizokukan), formerly known as Sunshine International Aquarium (サンシャイン国際水族館, Sanshain kokusai suizokukan), is a public aquarium located on the top floors and rooftop of the World Import Mart building in Sunshine City, Tokyo, Japan. The aquarium opened in October 1978. It was closed for one year from September 1, 2010, for a full renovation, and reopened on August 4, 2011. It is operated by Sunshine Enterprises, Inc. It features around 80 tanks with 37,000 fish representing 750 species.

Overview Sunshine Aquarium's location on the top of a building makes it difficult to renovate on a large scale due to weight restrictions; it has a smaller floor area compared to most aquariums. The aquarium includes Sunshine Coral Reef, the first permanent reproduction of a coral reef environment in Japan, which houses animals such as great white pelicans, Baikal seals, zebra sharks; the Zoo-Zoo House, which focuses on land animals, and the Sunshine Lagoon. Visitors can feed the carnivorous arowana and dourado, watch sea lion shows, and experience backyard feeding. The aquarium also has a focus on breeding large fish such as shark rays and sunfish.

History The site received TripAdvisor's "Certificate of Excellence" in 2015. On January 7, 2016, a female Russian sea otter, Mir, died of lymphoma. A male otter, Royce, who had come from Adventure World to breed with Mir, was relocated to the Toba Aquarium, bringing the curtain down on the 30-year history of the otter exhibit. On July 12, 2017, the outdoor area "Marine Garden" was reopened. Five new exhibits were introduced: "Penguins in the Sky", "Penguins in the Meadow", "Otters in the Water", "Sparkling Fountain", and "Sky Pass". The "Penguins in the Sky" exhibit is located on the rooftop and gives the impression of flying over the city. On July 9, 2020, the new jellyfish area Kurage Kuukan (海月空間) opened.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sunshine Aquarium

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sunshine Aquarium claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, 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 Sunshine 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 Sunshine 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 Sunshine Aquarium

In research: Sunshine Aquarium appears in engineering 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 Sunshine 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: Sunshine Aquarium is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2011 establishments in Japan, Amusement parks opened in 2011, Aquaria in Tokyo, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sunshine 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 Sunshine Aquarium in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sunshine 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.
Explain Sunshine Aquarium out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sunshine Aquarium in simple terms?

Why does Sunshine Aquarium matter?

Because it connects several engineering 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 Sunshine 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 Sunshine Aquarium.