Stop the Kyoto Aquarium

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• Target: Kyoto City Mayor Kadokawa Daisaku
• Sponsored by: Kyoto Citizens Against the Aquarium

The city government of Kyoto has given the go-ahead to plans for a mammoth aquarium to be built on Umekoji public park. This will be operated by a private company Orix Corporation. Despite strong public protest, construction of the aquarium began on July 15th and is due to finish early next year.

We object to this aquarium for the following reasons:

• The loss of public green space. City parks are essential for people's physical and mental well-being. Umekoji Park is very popular with the local public for sports and recreation.

• It is not suitable for Kyoto's local economy: Kyoto is an inland city with no maritime associations. It makes more sense to support those businesses that work with Kyoto's obvious strengths: history, tradition, and crafts.

• The plan is environmentally unsound and sends children the wrong message. The aquarium will release 5,400 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. A variety of marine wildlife will be captured and confined in a highly artificial... more