Who doesn't like to go to different places, visit museums, go to exhibitions. Really feel the smell of the place. But an exhibition in Japan caught attention on social media for allowing enthusiasts to smell the real scent of the backside of animals. That's right what you just read! You may have experienced the smell of perfume in those cosmetic magazines, but have you ever been curious about what the smell of a penguin's bottom is like?! Well, you can have that experience for free at the Atoa Aquarium, located in the city of Kobe, in Japan.
The place allows visitors to feel close to the habitat of various species of animals that it has there. The site opened in 2021 and has welcomed people not only from Japan but from several other countries.
Several frames are displayed on the wall of the living room and people can approach their nose and smell the photographs. Among the animals exhibited are: penguins, tigers, orangutans and others. They have their tails in the olfactory booth. In other words, not everyone has the courage to fully experience this.
Olfactory experience
The Atoa Aquarium is not only known for this peculiarity; the place also has an amphibian forest and a cave with lights and mirrors for the feeling of an underwater experience. The location was inaugurated in 2021 and has since been well received by visitors and tourists. However, the novelty of smelling the animals' behinds is more recent and emerged in 2023.
Penguins, tigers, orangutans are among the animals displayed in frames in the olfactory gallery. The exhibition is free, but entrance to the Atoa Aquarium costs 2,400 JPY.
The exhibitions are located on the second, third, and fourth floors and are divided into eight different environments. Among the areas are one that resembles a cave; another is like floating in the sea with several tanks scattered around and various marine species; one imitates a forest; another allows interaction with what is exposed; there is an environment that shows the four seasons according to the lighting; it is possible to feed the koi fish with their own food that is sold there; and there is even a part that connects the outer space with the depths of the sea.
