Holders of handicapped certification/mental disability insurance certification

* Please show your certification at the ticketing booths to receive admission exemption to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Oceanic Culture Museum and Tropical Dream Center

Wheelchairs and baby cars

• We provide a free rental service
• Please note, we do not provide a prior reservation service. Rentals are strictly on a first-come first-serve basis.
• We ask for visitors to show their ID and fill out an application form.
• Visitors may return the wheelchair/baby car to any rental station within the park.
• We ask that visitors return wheelchairs/baby cars 30 minutes before closing time.

• 
  Manual wheelchair
• 
  Electric wheelchair (right-handed)
  (can be switched to manual)
• 
  Baby car
  (for babies 2 - 24 months)

Rental stations	Manual	Electric	Baby Car
Central Gate	4	5	9
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	0	10	27
Tropical Dream Center	2	0	2
Side Gate Security Box	4	7	9
Bise Gate (North Gate Parking Area)	1	0	1
South Gate	0	1	1
Oceanic Culture Center	1	0	2
Park Information Center (Haisai Plaza)	5	2	4
Garden clinic	1	0	0
Parking lot in front of Tropical Dream Center	1	1	4

Parking Areas, Toilets, Nursing Rooms

Handicapped Parking

9 in North Parking Area, 6 in Central Gate Parking Area, 4 in South Gate Parking Area
(Please click here for parking locations)

Toilets

We provide toilets for handicapped visitors and toilets with baby beds throughout the park.

Nursing Rooms

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 2F (near Churaumi Theater entrance), 3F Entrance (Coral Lobby), Park Information Center (Haisai Plaza)

Transportation

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

For handicapped visitors and visitors with walking disabilities, we allow for cars to drive up to the Aquarium entrance. Please provide prior notification.

Exceptional Admission with Vehicles	Vehicles of the disabled facilities and groups will be able to drive up to near the Aquarium entrance. (Only for drop off and pick up. Vehicles must be parked in parking areas at all other times.) Only available for groups. Reservation is required one week in advance
Transfer by Patrol Car	Please refer to Within the Park "Transfer by Patrol Car" below

Within the Park

Within the park grounds, we have slopes providing easy access for elderly and handicapped visitors.

Park Trolley	Free ride for holders of handicapped certification /mental disability insurance certification. Escort (1 person only) is also free. There is a step used for boarding and disembarking a trolley
Transfer by Patrol Car	Visitors having difficulty walking or on wheelchairs are available to ride on the park patrol car. Only available for individuals (up to 1-3 person) Please contact to Ocean Expo Park Management Center in advance, or request to park staff at Security, Park Information center, or Trolley on the day. Since the park has one patrol car only, it may take time to pick visitors up

Within the Facilities

We provide elevators within each facility for visitors on wheelchairs and baby cars.

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium	Transportation by elevators between 1F to 3/4F. Main access ways within each facility can be used by wheelchairs (including elevators). Our "Eno" restaurant is equipped with specially designed tables, allowing most wheelchairs to fit level with the tables.
Tropical Dream Center	Main access ways within the facility can be used by wheelchairs (including elevators).
Oceanic Culture Center	Main access ways within the facility can be used by wheelchairs (including elevators). * Elevators used to access the 2F Community Hall.