Shinjuku street photo

The reason why Japanese people strongly support Studio Ghibli works as being “cool Japan.”

Tokyo Polytechnic University found that in a recent study, out of all movies that they would like to introduce to the rest of the world, every generation picked Studio Ghibli films as number one. Seventy-six percent of Japanese people supported Studio Ghibli.

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Shinjuku street photo

The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.

The last place to visit is the Aqua Museum. With over 100,000 animals of 500 species, this is one of Japan’s largest aquariums. Along with the regular exhibits of fish and other animals in their natural habitats, there is also a “sea creature show,” the aquarium’s showpiece which is held several times a day.

This show provides an excellent chance to see all kinds of sea animals perform in spectacular entertaining style.

A comical performance by a seal.

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.