and Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in 1993. Along with dolphin shows, sea otters were a big draw at the aquariums. At the peak in 1994, more than 120 sea otters were living in aquariums in Japan.

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The facility at the Snow Brand Kodomo-no-Kuni Ranch in Yokohama’s Aoba Ward, which measures roughly 330 square meters in size, is home to about 200 budgerigars, commonly known as budgies ...