This aquarium located near a classical fish market, a seaside shopping mall with seafood restaurants, a small amusement park, and a Starbucks with drive-through! All within walking distance.

A great attraction of Kanmon Strait. Good aquarium design and facilities for families with young kids. The featured penguin village was awesome. The sardines were swimming like a vortex and there was a giant mambo fish. They also housed several tanks displaying babies of the local puffer fish. All fish seemed pretty active.

For access by Shinkansen, it would be more convenient to stop at Kokura Station and transferring to the local train to Shimonoseki than stopping at Shinshimonoseki Station. The more frequent schedule of faster trains from Kokura makes a day trip possible.