is a district in Tokyo's Taitō Ward, best known as the home of Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and the

National Museum of Nature and Science The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji period, Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro. A life-size blue whale mode ...

, as well as a major public concert hall. Many Buddhist temples are in the area, including the Bentendo temple dedicated to goddess

Benzaiten Benzaiten (''shinjitai'': 弁才天 or 弁財天; ''kyūjitai'': 辯才天, 辨才天, or 辨財天, lit. "goddess of eloquence"), also simply known as Benten (''shinjitai'': 弁天; ''kyūjitai'': 辯天 / 辨天), is a Japanese Buddhist god ...

, on an island in Shinobazu Pond. The Kan'ei-ji, a major temple of the Tokugawa shōguns, stood in this area, and its pagoda is now within the grounds of the

Ueno Zoo The is a zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo, opened on March 20, 1882. It is served by Ueno Station, Keisei Ueno Station and Nezu Station, with convenient access fro ...

. Nearby is the Ueno Tōshō-gū, a

Shinto shrine A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion. Overview Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings. The '' honden''Also called (本殿, meani ...

dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Near the Tokyo National Museum there is The International Library of Children's Literature. Just south of the station is the

Ameya-yokochō is an open-air market in the Taito Ward of Tokyo, Japan, located next to Ueno Station. The market is approximately 164,227 square feet in area, starting just behind the Yodobashi Camera building and following the Yamanote Line south until t ...

, a street market district that evolved out of an open-air black market that sprung up after World War II. Just east is the Ueno motorcycle district, with English-speaking staff available in some stores. Ueno is part of the historical

Shitamachi and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...

(literally "low city") district of Tokyo, a working class area rather than where the aristocrats and rich merchants lived. Today the immediate area, due to its close proximity to a major transportation hub, retains high land value but just a short walk away to the east or north reveals some of the less glitzy architecture of Tokyo. Ueno Station is the nearest train station and is operated by JR East. Ueno Park and Ueno Station are also home to a large percentage of Tokyo's homeless population. Though nearly invisible in other parts of Tokyo, the homeless population in Ueno can be found sleeping or communing in large numbers around the "ike" (ponds) of this district.

Economy

Ueno is the hometown of Yoshida Watch Shop, established in 1901 by Shogoro Yoshida. It is the origin of Orient Watch Co., Ltd.Orient Watch History
, . Retrieved 3 October 2014

Education

* Tokyo University of the Arts Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. * Taito City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Ueno 1-4 and 6-chome and part of Ueno 5-chome are zoned to Kuromon Elementary School ( 黒門小学校). Ueno 7-

chome The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ...

is zoned to Ueno Elementary School (上野小学校). A portion of Ueno 5-chome is zoned to Heisei Elementary School (平成小学校). Ueno 1-2 chome is zoned to Ueno Junior High School ( 上野中学校). Ueno 4 and 7-chome and portions of 3 and 5-6-chome are zoned to Shinobugaoka Junior High School ( 忍岡中学校). Parts of Ueno 3 and 5-6 chome are zoned to Okachimachi Taito Junior High School ( 御徒町台東中学校). Private schools: * Kuromon elementary school ueno.JPG, Kuromon Elementary School ( 黒門小学校) - 1-chome

Public transport

Ueno Station * Okachimachi Station *

Ueno-hirokoji Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is numbered "G-15". Lines Ueno-hirokoji Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line from to . It also provid ...

Ueno-okachimachi Station is a subway station in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. It is numbered E-09. Lines Ueno-okachimachi Station is served by the Toei Ōedo Line. The station provides transfers to: ●Okachimachi Station o ...

Naka-okachimachi Station is a subway station on the in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Naka-okachimachi Station is served by the Hibiya Line, and lies 5.8 km from the starting point of the line at . The station is ...

* Yushima Station * Keisei Ueno Station

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External links

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Ueno / Official Tokyo Travel Guide GO TOKYO
{{Authority control Districts of Taitō

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