Church

Ueno Toshogu Shrine

Address: 9-88 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo
Area: Tokyo, Japan

Mon: 09:00–16:30
Tue: 09:00–16:30
Wed: 09:00–16:30
Thu: 09:00–16:30
Fri: 09:00–16:30
Sat: 09:00–16:30
Sun: 09:00–16:30
Hours: October–February hours are shown; March–September hours are 09:00–17:30. Admission inside the wall ends 30 minutes before closing; hours may change due to weather.
Price: Shrine grounds are free; admission inside the wall is ¥700 for adults, ¥300 for elementary-school children, and free for preschool children.
How to visit: The main shrine building is not open to the interior; paid admission allows close viewing from inside the surrounding wall. Regular visits do not require advance booking; the gates may close in severe weather.
Hours: Free entry
Hours: About 10–15 min

Why it is worth the detour

A gilded 1651 shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu that survived the 1868 battle, the 1923 earthquake and the 1945 raids intact.

Ueno Toshogu Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, known for its Edo period architecture and historical significance. It features intricate carvings and has withstood earthquakes and wars, making it a cultural landmark.

What else is close by

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

350 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.
400 m
Ueno Park
The former grounds of the powerful Kaneiji temple became a battlefield in 1868 and later Tokyo's great museum and cherry-blossom park.
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
Tokyo National Museum
Japan's oldest and largest museum (1872): samurai swords, Buddhist sculpture, kimono and the Horyu-ji treasures.
750 m
Ameyoko Market
A post-war black market under the Yamanote tracks that became a 400-metre bazaar of fish, candy, sneakers and spices.
1.1 km
Yanaka Cemetery
This atmospheric cemetery contains the grave of the last Tokugawa shogun and preserves the quiet, temple-filled character of old Yanaka.