SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is asamushi-aqua.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 92/100

Official website of Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium — a legitimate government-operated public attraction with 23+ years of domain history and clean security signals.

asamushi-aqua.comScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 91·MT 92
Category tags
government & public servicestourism & attractions98% MT confidence
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
24 years old
Registered Oct 21, 2002
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
Our antivirus network flagged no malicious or suspicious content across 92 engines, and the hosting IP carries zero abuse reports. The domain was registered 8,631 days ago (approximately 23.6 years), placing it well within the timeline of a long-established public institution. The page content — operating hours, address, phone number, event calendar, and facility descriptions — matches the real aquarium's published information across multiple authoritative sources. Japanese Wikipedia, Aomori tourism portals, and Wikidata all list this domain as the official site for the prefectural aquarium. No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions appear in any search results. The SSL certificate is valid and issued by a legitimate Japanese registry authority. This combination of longevity, clean technical signals, consistent official recognition, and zero fraud indicators confirms the site is a genuine government-operated public service.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The page displays in Japanese and presents a full-featured aquarium website with operating hours (09:00–17:00), admission fees, event schedules, facility maps, and visitor information. The address (〒039-3501 青森県青森市浅虫字馬場山1-25) and phone number (017-752-3377) match the real Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium. Navigation includes sections for dolphin performances, touch pools, gift shop, restaurant, and educational programs — all consistent with a functioning public aquarium.

Infrastructure

The domain uses a valid SSL certificate issued by Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS Domain Validation Authority - G4), with 52 days remaining before expiry. The hosting IP (103.197.13.166) has an abuse score of 0/100 with zero reported abuse incidents. No redirects, homoglyphs, or internationalized domain names are present. External resources loaded include Google Tag Manager, Google Translate, and legitimate social-media links (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube), all standard for a public institution's website.

Domain History

The domain was registered 8,631 days ago (approximately 23.6 years), placing its creation in the early 2000s. This aligns with the aquarium's long-standing public presence and official recognition. The registrar is Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd., and WHOIS privacy is disabled, allowing transparent ownership verification.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network reports 0 of 92 engines flagging the site as malicious or suspicious. Browser blocklists show no hits. No scam families were triggered by the page content. Independent trust-rating aggregators returned no data (N/A), which is typical for legitimate government websites that do not seek third-party trust certifications. The domain is consistently cited as the official website across Japanese Wikipedia, Aomori tourism boards, and Wikidata.

Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 23.6 years ago — consistent with a long-established public institution.
  • Valid SSL certificate from a legitimate Japanese registry authority.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score.
  • Consistently listed as the official site on Japanese Wikipedia, Aomori tourism portals, and Wikidata.
  • Page content matches the real aquarium's address, phone, operating hours, and facility descriptions.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe, legitimate website. Visitors can confidently use it to check aquarium hours, purchase tickets, view events, and access visitor information.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for asamushi-aqua.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
23 yrs
Registered Oct 2002
Business registration
Active · Japan
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain asamushi-aqua.com is the official website of 青森県営 浅虫水族館 (Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium), a real public aquarium in Aomori City, Japan.
  • Consistently listed as the official site on Japanese Wikipedia, Aomori tourism portals (aomori-tourism.com), Wikidata, and the aquarium's own social channels (X/Twitter @AsamushiAqua, Instagram, YouTube).
  • Page content matches the aquarium: operating hours 09:00-17:00, address 〒039-3501 青森県青森市浅虫字馬場山1-25, phone 017-752-3377, event calendar, fees, and access info.
  • No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions found in searches for the domain combined with scam, fraud, 詐欺, or phishing terms.
  • Domain age of 8631 days (~23.6 years) aligns with a long-established legitimate government-operated attraction (references date back to at least early 2000s).
  • No evidence of brand impersonation; it is the genuine site for the named prefectural aquarium with no detected scam families.
  • Official presence confirmed on multiple government/tourism sites with matching contact details and no redirects or suspicious indicators.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Wikipedia (ja)open

    "公式サイト, https://asamushi-aqua.com/"

  • Aomori Tourismopen

    "Website [(Japanese)http://www.asamushi-aqua.com/](http://asamushi-aqua.com/en/)"

  • Wikidataopen

    "official website http://www.asamushi-aqua.com/"

Business registration
Status: active · Japan

Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium (青森県営 浅虫水族館), operated by Aomori Prefecture government. Address: 〒039-3501 青森県青森市浅虫字馬場山1-25. Phone: 017-752-3377. Listed as official on Wikipedia, tourism sites, and its own pages.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research confirmed that asamushi-aqua.com is the official website of 青森県営 浅虫水族館 (Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium), a real public aquarium operated by Aomori Prefecture government. The domain is consistently listed as the official site on Japanese Wikipedia, Aomori tourism portals (aomori-tourism.com), and Wikidata. The aquarium's social media accounts (@AsamushiAqua on X/Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube) all reference this domain. Page content matches the aquarium's published information: address 〒039-3501 青森県青森市浅虫字馬場山1-25, phone 017-752-3377, operating hours 09:00–17:00, and event calendar. No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions were found in searches combining the domain with fraud, scam, or phishing terms.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers2026.06.05
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles5
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (2026.06.05).
  • Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age24 years old
RegistrarJapan Registry Services Co., Ltd.
RegisteredOct 21, 2002
ExpiresOct 21, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerJapan Registry Services Co., Ltd. · JPRS Domain Validation Authority - G4
ExpiresJul 31, 2026 (52d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingKDDI Web Communications Inc.
Server locationJP
Web serverApache
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://asamushi-aqua.com/
  • 2200https://asamushi-aqua.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPKDDI Web Communications Inc.
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on asamushi-aqua.com and not a lookalike like a-samushi-aqua.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on asamushi-aqua.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • asamushi-aqua.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. asamushi-aqua.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. · JPRS Domain Validation Authority - G4, expiring in 52 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • asamushi-aqua.com is 23.6 years old, registered on 10/21/2002 through Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report asamushi-aqua.com as clean.
  • No. asamushi-aqua.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • asamushi-aqua.com resolves to an IP operated by KDDI Web Communications Inc. in JP (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·asamushi-aqua.com
SAFE

This is the official website of Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium, a real public aquarium in Aomori City, Japan. The domain has been registered for over 23 years, carries valid SSL, and is consistently referenced across Japanese Wikipedia, official tourism boards, and government sources with matching contact details and no scam reports.

This is a safe, legitimate website. Visitors can confidently use it to check aquarium hours, purchase tickets, view events, and access visitor information.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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