Ueno Park is a grand public park in Central Tokyo next to Ueno Station. It is steeped in history dating back to the Edo period, when it was part of the Kaneiji Temple, the family temple for the ruling Tokugawa clan. After the Boshin Civil War and complete annihilation of the property due to a battle between the new Meiji government and shogunate, it was transformed into a western-style park opened to the masses in 1873. It is now famous for the multiple museums occupying its grounds, like the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Japan’s “first zoological garden,” the Ueno Zoo.

5-20, Taito, Uenokoen, 110-0007, Tokyo, Japan, Phone: 81-03-38-28-56-44

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