Market

Ameyoko Market

Address: 4 Ueno, Taito City, Tokyo
Area: Tokyo, Japan

Hours: Open daily, but opening hours vary by shop and stall.
Price: Walking through the shopping street is free; product and food prices vary by vendor.
How to visit: Enter from the Shinobazu Exit of JR Ueno Station or the North Exit of JR Okachimachi Station. The street runs for about 500 meters along the railway tracks.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: About 45–75 min

Why it is worth the detour

A post-war black market under the Yamanote tracks that became a 400-metre bazaar of fish, candy, sneakers and spices.

Ameyoko Market is a vibrant shopping street in Tokyo that originated as a post-war black market. Today, it offers a diverse range of goods from fresh seafood to clothing, maintaining its historical charm and bustling atmosphere.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

450 m
Ueno Park
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450 m
Former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station
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National Museum of Western Art
Le Corbusier's only building in East Asia (1959, UNESCO), built around the Matsukata collection of Monet and Rodin.
750 m
Ueno Toshogu Shrine
A gilded 1651 shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu that survived the 1868 battle, the 1923 earthquake and the 1945 raids intact.
800 m
Akihabara Electric Town
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1.0 km
Tokyo National Museum
Japan's oldest and largest museum (1872): samurai swords, Buddhist sculpture, kimono and the Horyu-ji treasures.