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Ueno (上野) is a district in Tokyo's Taito Ward, best known as the home of Ueno
Station and Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites,
including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and
the National Science Museum, as well as a major public concert hall. Many
Buddhist temples are in the area, including the Bentendo temple dedicated to
goddess Benzaiten, on an island in Shinobazu Pond. The Kan'ei-ji, a major temple
of the Tokugawa shoguns, stood in this area, and its pagoda is now within the
grounds of the Ueno Zoo. Nearby is the Ueno Tōshōgū, a Shinto shrine to
Tokugawa Ieyasu. Just south of the station is the Ameyayokocho, a street market
district that evolved out of an open-air black market that sprung up after World
War II
Standing on top of Ueno Hill and opened in 1873, Tokyo's first public park houses
several world-class museums, a popular zoo, shrines, temples, a rental boat lake,
historical monuments, hundreds of cherry blossom trees, and a lotus pond. Ueno
Park, being Tokyo's largest, has so much to offer that a day would not be enough.
Visit it every change of season to appreciate its full beauty.
Station and Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites,
including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and
the National Science Museum, as well as a major public concert hall. Many
Buddhist temples are in the area, including the Bentendo temple dedicated to
goddess Benzaiten, on an island in Shinobazu Pond. The Kan'ei-ji, a major temple
of the Tokugawa shoguns, stood in this area, and its pagoda is now within the
grounds of the Ueno Zoo. Nearby is the Ueno Tōshōgū, a Shinto shrine to
Tokugawa Ieyasu. Just south of the station is the Ameyayokocho, a street market
district that evolved out of an open-air black market that sprung up after World
War II
Standing on top of Ueno Hill and opened in 1873, Tokyo's first public park houses
several world-class museums, a popular zoo, shrines, temples, a rental boat lake,
historical monuments, hundreds of cherry blossom trees, and a lotus pond. Ueno
Park, being Tokyo's largest, has so much to offer that a day would not be enough.
Visit it every change of season to appreciate its full beauty.
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How To Get There
From Tokyo Station
4 Stops, 8 minutes by JR Yamanote Line.
From Shinjuku Station
12 stops, 25 minutes by JR Yamanote Line.
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=> Getting To Tokyo
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From Tokyo Station
4 Stops, 8 minutes by JR Yamanote Line.
From Shinjuku Station
12 stops, 25 minutes by JR Yamanote Line.
Related Pages
=> Getting To Tokyo
=> Transportation In Tokyo
=> Tokyo Maps
Helpful Links
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