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Sunshine Aquarium (Tokyo): Zoo for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Sunshine Aquarium is a zoo in Higashi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo, about 7 km from Tokyo Station and 400 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Sunshine Aquarium
Photo: Motokoka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeZoo
Name in Japaneseサンシャイン水族館
LocationHigashi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Nearest station (straight line)Higashi-Ikebukuro-yonchōme Station – about 0.4 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 7 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 264 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 300 km (straight line)
Interest among English readersabout 200 page views a month on English Wikipedia (12-month average)
Coordinates35.72858, 139.71975
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://sunshinecity.jp/aquarium/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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