I visited Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequences of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.
Tokyo Sea Life Park shows us realistic and dramatic displays of freshwater and marine life not only from Tokyo, but also from around the world, even from the Antarctic. In the huge 2,200-ton tank, you can enjoy watching bluefin tuna darting swiftly around. The aquarium also exhibits sea birds including penguins, and giant kelp from California, US. The facility sits on the beach of Tokyo Bay and could be reached in half an hour by train from Tokyo station.
Generally speaking, marine animal's growth is so fast than human beings that they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us.
So I visited Tokyo Sea Life Park to see effects of the accident against creatures which are grown up by Japanese food and water. Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Tokyo Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on July 29, 2014.
葛西臨海水族園は動物解説員によるスポットガイドやガイドツアーが充実しており、魚たちの不思議な生態を丁寧に解説してくれる。運が良ければ水槽の裏側を見ることが出来る。2014年6月撮影
Scalloped hammerhead
アカシュモクザメ
About Tokyo Sea Life Park
Google map
Pacific bluefin tuna
クロマグロ
Pacific bluefin tuna
クロマグロ
Largehead hairtail
タチウオ
Spotted ratfish
スポッテッド ラットフィッシュ
Splendid alfonsino
キンメダイ
Sea toad
ミドリフサアンコウ
Horse-shoe leatherjacket
ホースシュー レザージャケット
Ornate spiny lobster
ニシキエビ
Bluedevil
ブルーデビル
Milletseed butterflyfish
ミレットシード バタフライフィッシュ
Saddle wrasse
サドル ラス
Hawaiian cleaner wrasse
ハワイアン クリーナー ラス
Gray angelfish
グレイ エンゼルフィシュ
Tubesnout
チューブスナウト
Sea chub
タカベ
Yellowtail clownfish
クマノミ
Striped boarfish
テングダイ
Sea goldie (male)
キンギョハナダイ （オス）
Wrought iron butterflyfish
ユウゼン
Japanese swallow (female)
トサヤッコ （メス）
Blotcheye soldierfish
アカマツカサ
Yellow tang
キイロハギ
Japanese angelfish
レンテンヤッコ
Yellow-brown wrasse (terminal phase)
ヤマブキベラ （ターミナルフェイズ）
Manybar goatfish
オジサン
Redtail triggerfish (male)
ナメモンガラ （オス）
Redtail triggerfish (female)
ナメモンガラ （メス）
Tufted Puffin
エトピリカ
Japanese foods are good and safe.
Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.
Cake
Cake
Curry Lunch
Curry rice with tuna cutlet and seafood salad
kakigori : shaved ice topped with flavored syrup
Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."
As PM Abe said, Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.
We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the accident.
I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.
公衆衛生ネットワーク
Public Health Network in Japan
