Park & garden

Ueno Park

Area: Tokyo, Japan

Mon: 05:00–23:00
Tue: 05:00–23:00
Wed: 05:00–23:00
Thu: 05:00–23:00
Fri: 05:00–23:00
Sat: 05:00–23:00
Sun: 05:00–23:00
Hours: The park is open year-round, but entry is prohibited outside 05:00–23:00. Museums, the zoo and other facilities have separate hours.
Price: Park entry is free; museums, the zoo and other facilities may charge admission.
How to visit: A convenient entrance is via the Ueno Park Exit of JR Ueno Station; the park is about a 2-minute walk away. Museums, the zoo and boat rentals have separate conditions and fees.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: About 90 min

Why it is worth the detour

The former grounds of the powerful Kaneiji temple became a battlefield in 1868 and later Tokyo's great museum and cherry-blossom park.

Ueno Park, established in 1873, is a major public park in Tokyo, celebrated for its cherry blossoms and cultural institutions like the Tokyo National Museum. It was once the site of the Kaneiji temple and a battlefield during the Boshin War.

What else is close by

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

400 m
Ueno Toshogu Shrine
A gilded 1651 shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu that survived the 1868 battle, the 1923 earthquake and the 1945 raids intact.
450 m
Ameyoko Market
A post-war black market under the Yamanote tracks that became a 400-metre bazaar of fish, candy, sneakers and spices.
500 m
Former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station
This unexpectedly grand little station opened in 1933 on former Imperial land to serve Ueno Zoo and the museums. Falling passenger numbers ended service in 1997, but its Western-style entrance survived closure and redevelopment as a sealed architectural ghost beside Ueno Park, occasionally opened for special programs.
550 m
National Museum of Western Art
Le Corbusier's only building in East Asia (1959, UNESCO), built around the Matsukata collection of Monet and Rodin.
900 m
Tokyo National Museum
Japan's oldest and largest museum (1872): samurai swords, Buddhist sculpture, kimono and the Horyu-ji treasures.
1.1 km
Akihabara Electric Town
From a post-war radio-parts black market to the world capital of electronics, anime, manga and maid cafés.