On our second evening in Fukuoka, the symposium guests ate dinner at the Marine World aquarium located near our hotel. Mike, Jacob, and I had the whole aquarium to ourselves since the other symposium guests were downstairs drinking and mingling before dinner. We walked around the aquarium and checked out the awesome exhibits, including the large pool that houses the porpoises (dolphins) for the dolphin shows and the whales.
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Cute little African penguins |
 Seeing dolphins this closeup was an amazing experience!  |
| When I reached my hand over the top of the rim and touched this dolphin's nose, he opened his mouth! I pulled my hand away quickly, because I wasn't sure if he was trying to kiss my hand or to bite it off--whoops!   |
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| Large water turtles |
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| Bright fish |
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| Creepy octopus |
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| My favorite--this dainty bright orange starfish |
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| Glowing jelly fish |
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| This sea otter was really enjoying the water |
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| Sea otters are the cutest animals in the aquarium! |
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| Beautiful coral and sand dollars |
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| Funny fish |
At the aquarium during dinner, we were entertained by some fun Samurai sword fighters (no photos though). Afterwards, we enjoyed the loud drums and flutes of the Wadaiko drummers. They were all young adult performers and great to watch!
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