A world of fantastic lighting and sound effects featuring some 30,000 goldfish swimming in large, extravagant glass bowls is about to go on show at Art Aquarium Museum in Tokyo. The museum, located in the Nihombashi district of Chuo Ward, will open on Friday.
The media got an advance look on Thursday.
The venue is divided into six areas, and in the Transitoriness gallery, which conjures up the atmosphere of a red-light district from the Edo period (1603-1867), there are 16 goldfish bowls that are up to 2 meters in diameter. The exhibit is titled Oiran (courtesan), and everything is illuminated in reds, greens and other shiny colors.
Also in the same area is "The Forest of Goldfish," a display with 2-meter-tall cylindrical water tanks on which 3D images of goldfish swimming in a forest are projected. Visitors can view these works from the second floor to get a different perspective.
The entrance fee is 2,300 yen for junior high school students and older.
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