---
name: "Kobe Suma Sea World"
lat: 34.6432
lng: 135.1258
official_url: "https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/"
fee: "Admission changes with the date, in four price bands. 1DAY tickets: adults (high school and up) ¥2,900-3,700, children (primary and junior high) ¥1,700-1,800, ages 4-6 ¥1,700-1,800, seniors 65+ ¥2,300-3,100. A ticket is needed from age 4, so children of 3 and under are free. With a disability certificate: adults ¥1,200, children and ages 4-6 ¥650 (counter sales only, no online sale); one companion per certificate holder at ¥2,480 adult / ¥1,440 child"
last_verified: "2026-08-14"
---

# Kobe Suma Sea World

Three buildings stand side by side: Orca Stadium, Dolphin Stadium and Aqua Live, whose theme is the life of water. Aqua Live's third floor has a touch pool with rays and sharks, and its fourth floor keeps sea lions, seals and penguins. A third-floor bridge links the buildings. An orca monument stands in the plaza just inside the gate. Optional programs take visitors backstage and out to meet the sea turtles and dolphins.

- Area: hyogo
- Type: sightseeing
- Hours: Opening hours change from day to day — the official top page shows the hours for that day (on 14 August 2026 it showed 8:00-20:00). Last admission is one hour before closing. Some days are closed days, marked on the official admission calendar. Timed tickets let you enter at or after the time on the ticket, not before
- Last verified: 2026-08-14

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroller friendly | Yes | Strollers rent for ¥300 a day at the Orca Stadium 1F and Aqua Live 1F information desks (numbers are limited, no reservations). Each building has a stroller park where you fold it up and leave it; bags are not looked after, so use the coin lockers. Tricycles and kick scooters cannot be brought in. In the Blue Ocean restaurant you normally leave the stroller by the till, though you may take it to the table if your child is asleep | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/faq/) |
| Nursing space | Yes (3) | Three nursing rooms, one in each building: Orca Stadium 1F, Dolphin Stadium 1F and Aqua Live 1F. Hot water for formula: not stated | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/faq/) |
| Diaper changing table | Yes | Changing tables are in the nursing rooms and in some of the toilets | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/facilities/service/) |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Family restroom | Yes | Every building has a wheelchair-accessible toilet, some with ostomate facilities | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/facilities/service/) |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Yes | One on the 3rd floor of Aqua Live | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/sightseeing/kids/) |
| Elevator | Yes | Ramps and lifts are provided, and each stadium has a viewing space reserved for wheelchair users (a chair is lent to one companion inside that space) | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/facilities/service/) |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Outside food allowed | No | Bringing food and drink inside is asked against (school groups and children's associations are the exception). Eating is allowed at three places — Sea World Plaza and the 3F stands of Orca Stadium and Dolphin Stadium — all of which are outdoors, with some roofing over the 3F stands | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/faq/) |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | The three exhibition buildings are indoors; Sea World Plaza and the stadium 3F stands are outdoors | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/faq/) |
| Stroller access notes | 須磨海浜公園駅から徒歩約5分 | 5 minutes' walk from Suma Kaihin Koen station on the JR Kobe Line, or 10 minutes from Tsukimiyama station on the Sanyo Electric Railway. Parking is the paid Suma Kaihin Park car park east of the Kobe Suma Sea World Hotel; there is no discount | 2026-08-14 (web) | [source](https://www.kobesuma-seaworld.jp/faq/) |