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Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (Okinawa): Zoo for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is a zoo in Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture, about 1507 km from Tokyo Station and 1150 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Photo: sinnosuke uchida, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeZoo
Name in Japanese沖縄美ら海水族館
LocationMotobu, Okinawa Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Tedako-Uranishi Station – about 52.1 km
From Hakata Stationabout 805 km (straight line)
From Hiroshima Stationabout 963 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 1150 km (straight line)
Established2002
Interest among English readersabout 2,000 page views a month on English Wikipedia (12-month average)
Coordinates26.69439, 127.87794
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://churaumi.okinawa/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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