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Water Museum Exhibits

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Water Museum

Let’s take a look at Osaka City waterworks E110-year history, and then let’s make friends with the freshwater fish of Lake Biwa and the Yodo River!

The Entrance Monument

This monument welcomes visitors to the museum as they come through the door. The large clock and the water clock are symbols of the museum. The water clock fills up with water and sprays every thirty minutes, sounding a bell along with the display.

Everyday Life and the History of Waterworks

This interactive exhibit enables visitors to have fun learning about waterworks through hands-on contact with systems.

A “Wonderland of Tasty Water Eawaits visitors as they come out of the tunnel

Water in everyday life during the Edo Period

This recreation of an Edo Period longhouse shows the life of the common people of the time. Water was purchased from water shops, whose staff had to deliver it—a formidable task.

Experience the water pipe hydraulic pressure

After having undergone advanced water treatment, water is distributed from purification plants to the facilities of households everywhere in the city by pumps expiring massive pressure. Here visitors can experience the actual water pressure of tap water.

Exploring the planet, Activated Carbon

This mysterious massive granular activated carbon model, complete with holes, is reminiscent of a far-flung unknown planet. Here visitors can enjoy a variety of fun activities based on the themes of the shape and characteristics of granular activated carbon.

The “Ozone Ranger E/h3>

This area offers a virtual game where visitors can actually “become Ethe ozone layer, experiencing how it dissolves and disinfects organic matter, and thereby learning about how it functions.

The Water Systems of Lake Biwa and the Yodo River and the Fish that Live There

This aquarium display features living creatures of Lake Biwa and the Yodo River.

Cove watching

The Water Systems of Lake Biwa and the Yodo River and the Fish that Live There

Each of the some 30 remaining coves of the Yodo River has a unique natural environment that differs from that of the river trunk. The typical large fish of these coves can be seen here in panoramic-view tanks.

King of its surroundings, the Lake Biwa Giant Catfish

Lake Biwa, formed long ago, is Japan’s largest lake. It is inhabited by the country’s biggest catfish, the Lake Biwa Giant Catfish.

“Itasenpara Eor Acheilognathus longipinnis (protected species)

This species lives in limited habitats such as the river system of the Yodo River. Its characteristics include a flat body and large back and anal fins.

“Ayu-modoki Eor Leptobotia curta (protected species)

This species sports six whiskers around its mouth. Feeding on insects and sludgeworms in the water, it lives hiding amongst the rocks of rivers and lakes, laying eggs from June-August.

Try swimming in the waters of the Yodo River!

Move like you’re swimming up on the stage and a composed image of you swimming in the Yodo River appears on the monitor—it’s amazing! Featuring picture composition technology called chroma key.

Book Resources Corner

Here visitors can enjoy a relaxing time poring over books on a whole range of subjects—including waterworks systems, the animal inhabitants of the Lake Biwa and Yodo River water systems, and more.

The Freshwater Fish Farming Laboratory

The laboratory is home to 177 species and 10,600 specimens, mainly of freshwater fish, shellfish, waterweed, etc., from Lake Biwa and the Yodo River water systems.

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