Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa Tickets

Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa is Tokyo’s show-business aquarium, built into the Shinagawa Prince Hotel with a dolphin stadium that pairs performances with projection mapping, light and water curtains. The jellyfish hall, lit like a nightclub, is one of the most photographed rooms in the city.

What to expect

It is compact, slick and evening-friendly, with shows rotating by season so the dolphin performance you see in summer differs from winter. Ninety minutes covers it comfortably around a show time, which you should check on arrival and plan backwards from.

Tickets and timing

E-tickets keep weekend entry painless. Evening visits after the day-trip crowds are the sweet spot, and its indoor, station-side position makes it the easiest rainy-night save in Tokyo.

Getting there

Two minutes from Shinagawa Station’s Takanawa exit, which sits on the JR Yamanote line and the Tokaido Shinkansen, so it even works as a send-off before a bullet train.

Frequently asked questions

Best show? The night dolphin performance with full lighting.

Good for kids? Very, and equally pitched at couples in the evening.

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