The park was established in 1873 on lands
formerly belong to the temple of Kan'ei-ji (the park was founded following the
western example as part of the borrowing and assimilation of international
practices that characterizes the early Meiji period).
Ueno Park is also celebrated in spring for its
cherry blossoms; the park's attractions have drawn over ten million visitors a
year, making it Japan's most popular city park.
I called this area as "Museum Quarter of Tokyo", where there are: Tokyo National Museum, The International Library of Children's Literature, the National Museum of Western Art, and the National Museum of Nature and Science, as well as a major public concert hall. Many Buddhist temples are also within the area! The Bentendo temple dedicated to goddess Benzaiten and The Kan'ei-ji (a major temple of the Tokugawa shoguns) where it's pagoda is now within the grounds of the Ueno Zoo. Also, at a nearby area is the Ueno Tōshō-gū, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Just south of the station is the Ameya-yokochō, 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 Station is the nearest train station and is operated
by JR East.
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