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Ueno / Yanesen

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Ueno Zoo

4.0

3044 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 9-83

This urban zoo located in Taito City’s Ueno-onshi-koen Park is Japan’s oldest zoo, having opened in 1882. Inside are more than 500 types of animals, and it is most famous for giant panda in particular. The zoo is breeding and displaying the world’s three rarest animals that include the pygmy hippopotamus and okapi as well as the panda. From the 1990s the animal enclosures were refurbished to provide a space for patrons to see animals in more natural surroundings.

Some zoos are designed to look like the animals are really in nature. This zoo was not one of those. All the animals were in tiny cages. Some of the cages were just concrete, and there was nothing...
Ameyoko Shopping Street (Ameyoko)

4.0

2741 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Ueno 6-10-7

Located in Tokyo’s Taito City, this is an approximately 500 meter-long market street along the Yamanote Line tracks between Okachimachi and Ueno Stations. The street is lined with all types of shops including grocery stores, clothing stores and miscellaneous good stores, and is well-known for being crammed with people buying goods for the New Year’s holidays during the year-end season.

A very busy area with lots of shopping, eating and drinking places, Pachinko parlours. We found a bar up steep stair for couple of beers. Walk around soak up atmosphere. We found a reasonably priced...
Ueno-onshi-koen Park

4.0

504 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen - Ikenohata 3

This public park in Taito City is also called Ueno Park or Ueno Forest. In the Edo period this park was the premises of Toeizan Kaneiji Temple. The park has been selected as one of the 100 best places to see Japanese cherry blossoms, and in spring a large crowd turns out for hanami parties. Inside the park is the famous statue of Saigo Takamori, as well as cultural facilities such as the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Nature and Science, the National Museum of Western Art, and the Ueno Zoo.

Pretty park, with lots of green which is a lovely break from the urban scene. The water lilies weren’t blooming; their leaves are still gorgeous, and nice reflections of the skyscrapers in the lake.
The National Museum of Western Art

4.5

912 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 7-7

This art museum, located in Ueno Onshi Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward, preserves and displays Western art. Designed by French architect Le Corbusier, the museum building, which has been designated a World Heritage site, is a highlight in itself. The Matsukata Collection, which was assembled by businessman Kojiro Matsukata and donated and returned to Japan by the French government, forms the foundation of the museum's standing exhibition, which also includes paintings from the end of the Middle Ages to the early 20th century by artists like Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, as well as modern French sculptures. In addition, the museum holds special exhibitions several times a year.

The museum is an UNESCO world heritage site itself and outside are several large Rodin sculptures. Some more in the lobby as well Inside, there is the regular collection and special Picasso...
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

4.0

545 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 8-36

Located within Ueno Onshi Koen (Ueno Park) in Tokyo’s Taito City, this is Japan’s first national art museum and opened in 1926. With a goal of serving as an entrance to art for Tokyo’s citizens, it hosts numerous exhibitions throughout the year such as special exhibitions jointly sponsored with media outlets, competitions arranged through art organizations, and collection exhibits that primarily include works of calligraphy. The facility also includes a café where guests can enjoy beverages and light meals, a restaurant that takes pride in its authentic roast beef, and a museum shop.

The special exhibit was the well-known Gustave Klimt. Id seen quite a few of his works before but this was extensive and very educational about his history and philosophy. Not all of his...
Ueno Toshogu

4.0

529 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 9-88

This was established in 1627 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it also enshrines Tokugawa Yoshimune and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The shrine is located within Ueno-onshi-koen Park and after undergoing major renovations in 1651, it escaped calamities such as wars and earthquakes that followed, and is an important spot to see authentic architecture from the Edo period. The heavily gilded and splendid main building is also known as the shrine of gold. There is a peony garden on the premises and the shrine’s “peony festival” that takes place in spring is well-known.

The shrine has been restored in the last 12 years, and what a wonderful job they have done. On approach to the shrine there are countless stone lanterns, and there are really good explanatory signs...
Tokyo National Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 13-9

This is a national museum located within Ueno-onshi-koen Park that was established in 1872. Five buildings including the main building serve as exhibit halls, although it has several other facilities such as archives. With an enormous number of collections, it has accumulated over 116,000 items of Oriental art and ancient relics, mostly from Japan. A great number of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties are also included inside. The museum also holds special exhibitions that run three to five times a year.
Yanaka Cemetary

4.0

318 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Yanaka 7-5-24

This cemetery was the site of a five tier pagoda that was burned down by two lovers in a double-suicide, a story which inspired Koda Rohan's novel, The Five-Storied Pagoda. Numerous cherry trees are planted on Yanaka Cemetary's grounds. The cherries growing along either side of the central road running though the cemetery are particularly beautiful, and each year many people come here to see them when they blossom in spring. The cemetery is sunny and quiet, and many famous artists, writers, and actors are buried here.

We had added this stop on our adventures through Yanaka. Our guide had incorporated it in our customized tour as per our request. This is not a spooky cemetery, it is full of history and beauty. It...
Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens

4.0

314 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Ikenohata 1-3-45

This is a Tokyo Government-run park located in Taito City. Since the premises with its garden was the principal residence of the Iwasaki clan, who presided over the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, it has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of the country. There is a Japanese-style house based on the classical shoin style of architecture and a Western-style mansion featuring Jacobean motifs of 17th-century England. The impressive balance achieved in the juxtaposition of these two structures had a significant influence on Japanese architecture.

The house is currently under repair with around 80% covered in scaffolding. I’m afraid you’ll get no pictures of the exterior of the house or hsve access onto the balconies. There is an entrance...
Ueno Royal Museum

3.5

211 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 1-2

An art museum located inside Ueno Park. Since its establishment in April of 1972, the museum exhibited art from a variety of genres, including Important Cultural Properties. The museum has no standing exhibit, instead regularly hosting only creative and unique special exhibits. The Ueno Royal Museum also offers art classes for everyone from beginners to masters.

This is a small museum at the Ueno park. It’s open on Mondays when the national museum is closed and that’s how we ended up there. During our visit, they had a thorough art exhibit about dinosaurs...
Shitamachifuzoku Museum

4.0

289 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 2-1

This is a small museum and it was hard to find. When we finally did find it, I found it too warm inside and we didnt stay long.
Kiyomizu Kannon-do Temple

4.0

266 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taito-ku Uenokoen 1-29

It is said that when the great priest Jigen Daishi Tenkai founded Toeizan Kan-eiji Temple at the demon's gate of Edo Castle, he built this Kannon Hall in the image of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, in analogy with the relationship between Heian-kyo and Hieizan. The main deity is the thousand-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, which was transferred from Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, and since the Kannon of child-rearing is enshrined as a side deity, the temple is also known as the Kannon of childbirth, safe delivery, and child-rearing.

I stumbled upon this temple when I entered Ueno Park, and was impressed by its lovely elegance. An especially nice view from below, with an unusually shaped tree framing it.
Nezu Jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Bunkyou-ku Nedu 1-28-9

This is a shrine with a long history that is located in the Nezu district of Tokyo’s Bunkyo City is said to have been founded by Yamatotakeru (the 12th Emperor of Japan) about 1,900 years ago. The enshrined deities are Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Oyamakuino-kami and Hondawake-no-Mikoto. The shaden (main shrine building) built in 1706 is completely covered in lacquer and is a masterpiece of gongen-zukuri (style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof, and are connected via an intermediate passageway), and seven buildings have received designation as national Important Cultural Properties. Vermillion-lacquered torii gates stand in a row at the smaller Otome Inari Shrine on the premises, making this a popular spot to take photos. The shrine is visited by many worshippers in April when 3,000 azaleas bloom profusely and in September when one of Edo three biggest festivals is held.
Taito City Asakura Museum of Sculpture

4.5

135 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Yanaka 7-18-10

Fumio Asakura was a sculptor from the Meiji period to the Showa period and was awarded the Order of Culture. Asakura's home and studio are open to the public. The well renowned estate has been named Former Fumio Asakura's Garden and has been registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property. The courtyard garden is a rich space with water, rocks and trees. The rooftop garden is also viewable when the weather permits.

I was more captivated by how beautiful this 3 stories house was designed. And how it was thoughtfully planned and layout to fit into the lifestyle of the artist. The courtyard garden was simple...
National Museum of Nature and Science

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 7-20

Established in 1877, this is Japan’s largest general science museum. The permanent exhibitions include the Global Gallery, which focuses on the history of life on earth and traces the progress of humankind as well as science and technology, the Japan Gallery, which details Japan’s nature and the history of the Japanese people, and Theater 360, which screens films that can be seen in all directions, 360 degrees around. Special exhibitions are held several times throughout the year, and it is a very popular spot with many people lining up to visit the museum even on holidays.
2k540 AKI-OKA ARTISAN

4.5

98 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Ueno 5-9-23

This commercial facility opened for business in December 2010 in the underpass of an elevated train line between JR Akihabara Station and Okachimachi Station. With a theme of making things by hand, it is a place where you can pick up articles of rare beauty which have been produced in small lots by the hands of craftsmen. Rows of unique shops stand in a line such as shops with studios attached and shop conducting experience-based workshops. It’s a spot where you can come across once off items which you won’t be able to pick up anywhere else, from jewelry and bags to traditional crafts.

This is a shopping mall under a girder bridge, so it has many pillars and looks like a palace corridor. In the mall, many small shops sell handmade products. Works such as woodwork, leather...
Suzumoto Engeijo

4.5

72 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Ueno 2-7-12

A rakugo (traditional comedic storytelling) hall boasting 150 seats. The theater’s programs feature a wide variety of arts and entertainment performances in addition to rakugo, including manzai (comedic duo performances) and acrobatics. The theater’s program changes every 10 days, with special performances held on the 31st of each month. Two shows are held daily, once in the afternoon starting at 12 pm and once in the evening starting at 5 pm. Attendees can eat and drink during performances and the theater’s shop also sells bento box meals.

Suzumoto-engeijyo is a theater where you can enjoy Japanese traditional comedies. There you see Rakugo, Manzai, Trick show and so on. You can bring your foods and drinks. Why dont you try!
Onoterusaki-jinja Shrine

4.0

40 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Shitaya 2-13-14

A Shinto shrine located in 2 Chome Shitaya, Taito City, Tokyo. The shrine was built in 852 in Ueno dedicated to the famed Heian period poet Ono no Takamura. Later, the shrine was moved to its current location and in the late Edo period also became dedicated to the scholar Sugawara no Michizane. In addition to scholarship, the shrine is also believed to aid worshippers seeking help in the performing arts. The shrine's Fuji-zuka, a Mt. Fuji-shaped mound made from lava rock from the mountain in the Edo period, is a nationally designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

小野は創建者照崎は上野地域にあった古名だそうです学業成績、合格祈願に御利益があります境内社に稲荷織姫神社があります二神が祀られている場合は額名右側が主神左側の折姫神社は相殿のようです
Yanaka Ginza Shopping street

Shopping

Tokyo Taito-ku Yanaka 3
Yanaka Ginza

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Yanaka 3-Arakawa-ku Nishi-Niigori 3

Located around five minutes’ walk from JR Nippori Station, Yanaka Ginza is a shopping street that retains a strong traditional ambience. Most of the shops are independent stores run by the owners; approximately 70 stores are packed into a street that is roughly 170 meters in length. Yanaka Ginza’s unique atmosphere, redolent of Tokyo’s traditional Shitamachi urban districts, and the friendly, straightforward customer service that the shops provide, attract large numbers of visitors not only from Japan but also from overseas. What makes a visit to Yanaka Ginza particularly enjoyable is being able to have a bit to eat while strolling along the street. A wide range of distinctive snacks and sweets are available, and exploring what the different stores have to offer is part of the fun.

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