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JAPAN TRAVEL GUIDE

A vibrant town where you can feel history and culture.detail

Ueno

　Solemn museum buildings are scattered throughout Ueno Park. The lively stores are typically found downtown. You can find here both healing power and excitement
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Japan's first park with a zoo, art museums, ponds and temples
　　

Ueno Zoological Gardens

Japan's oldest zoo, which opened in 1882. Here, you can visit about five hundred kinds of unique animals. The very popular giant panda, the polar bear and sealocean that dynamically exhibits the ecology of the Arctic animals are a must-see.
Admission: Adult 600 yen
Open:9:30-17:00 (Admitted until 16:00)
Close:Monday (or the following day when it falls on national holiday)
Access: 5 min walk from Ueno Sta on JR, Ginza Line, Hybiya Line.

Tokyo National Museum

Many antique works of art and archaelogical findings of Japan and other areas of Asia are open to the public in five exhibition halls. There are over 110,000 pieces in the collection. It is the laregest museum in Japan.

Admission: Adult 600 yen extra fee for special exhibition
Open:9:30-17:00 (Admitted until 16:30)
Close:Monday (or the following day when it falls on national holiday)
Access: 10 min walk from Ueno Sta on JR, Ginza Line, Hybiya Line.
 

National Museum of Nature and Science

The Japan Hall introduces the diverse nature of Japan under the theme of `The Nature of the Japanese archipelago and us'. The Earth Hall offers exhibitions about the evolution of the human species and dinosaurs, the diversity of the environment and life,the progress of scienceand technology, and research of the universe and materials.
 Admission: Adult 600 yen extra fee for special exhibition
Open:9:30-17:00 (Admitted until 16:30)
Close:Monday (or the following day when it falls on national holiday)
Access: 5 min walk from Ueno Sta on JR, Ginza Line, Hybiya Line.
 

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

View Western art displayed by category, including modern Rodin scuop-tures and Monet paintings from France, as well as works of the old mas-ters.
 Admission: Adult 420 yen extra fee for special exhibition
Open:9:30-17:30
Close:Monday (or the following day when it falls on national holiday)
Access: 1 minutes walk from Ueno Sta on JR, Ginza Line, Hybiya Line.
 

The Ueno Royal Museum

View Western art displayed by category, including modern Rodin scuop-tures and Monet paintings from France, as well as works of the old mas-ters.
 Admission: Varies according to exhibition
Open:10:00-17:00 (Admitted until 16:30)
Close:exhibition renewal period
Access: 3 minutes walk from Ueno Sta on JR, Ginza Line, Hybiya Line.

Ueno park and others






　The statue of Takamori Saigo


　Bentendo temple at Shinobazu ponds


　Ameyoko
　The streets from JR Ueno Sta. to Okachimachi Sta. are crowded with stores offering clothes, miscellaneous goods, fresh fish and dried food.
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Detail Ueno Park

Hours 9:00-17:00 (close 16:30)
Close Monday (following day when it falls on a national holiday), December29-January3
Admission Varies according to the facilities
Access 1 min walk from Ueno Sta on JR, Ginza Line, Hybiya Line.
Tel  03-3828-5644
Official Web http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/tokyo/ueno.html