Ueno Park
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Location | Taitō, Tokyo, Japan |
Coordinates | 35°42′44″N 139°46′16″E / 35.71222°N 139.77111°E |
Area | 538,506.96 square metres (133.06797 acres) |
Created | 19 October 1873[1] |
Public transit access |
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Ueno Park (上野公園, Ueno Kōen) is a spacious public park in the
History
Ueno Park occupies land once belonging to
Various proposals were put forward for the use of the site as a medical school or hospital, but
Later that year Ueno Park was established, alongside
Natural features
The park has some 8,800 trees, including
The central island houses a shrine to
In all there are some eight hundred cherry trees in the park, although with the inclusion of those belonging to the Ueno Tōshō-gū shrine, temple buildings, and other neighbouring points the total reaches some twelve hundred.[11] Inspired, Matsuo Bashō wrote "cloud of blossoms - is the temple bell from Ueno or Asakusa".[15]
Cultural facilities
Ueno Park is home to a number of museums. The very words in
The
Other museums include the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, dating back to 1926, and Shitamachi Museum of 1980, which is dedicated to the culture of the "Low City".[25][26]
The park was also chosen as home for the Japan Academy (1879), Tokyo School of Fine Arts (1889), and Tokyo School of Music (1890).[2]
The first western-style concert hall in the country, the
The Imperial Library was established as the national library in 1872 and opened in Ueno Park in 1906; the National Diet Library opened in Chiyoda in 1948 and the building now houses the International Library of Children's Literature.[30][31]
Other landmarks
Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined at Ueno Tōshō-gū, dating to 1651.[32]
Flame of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial: On the right of the alley leading North to
Gojōten Jinja is dedicated to scholar
One of the lanterns that is present at the park is a
Education
Taito City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Uenokoen 1-11-ban are zoned to Shinobugaoka Elementary School (忍岡小学校), while 12-18-ban are zoned to Negishi Elementary School (根岸小学校).[37]
Part of Uenokoen (1-14 ban and parts of 15-17 ban) is zoned to Ueno Junior High School (上野中学校), while another part (18-ban and the rest of 15-17 ban) is zoned to Shinobugaoka Junior High School (忍岡中学校).[38]
Squatting
Many
Access
- From the east (convenient access to the main park and most museums):
- JU JK JY JJ G H Ueno Station
- From the southeast (convenient access to the main park and Shinobazu Pond):
- KS Keisei Ueno Station (located beneath the park)
- JK JY Okachimachi Station
- G Ueno-hirokoji Station
- E Ueno-okachimachi Station
- H Naka-okachimachi Station
- From the southwest (convenient access to Shinobazu Pond):
- From the northwest (convenient access to Shinobazu Pond and Ueno Zoo):
- From the north (convenient access to the Tokyo National Museum):
- JK JY Uguisudani Station
Gallery of main attractions
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Sōgakudō Concert Hall
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The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
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Ueno Royal Museum
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Kan'ei-ji Hondō
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KiyomizuKannondō
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Tokugawa mausoleum
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Gojōten Jinja (HanazonoInariJinja)
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Statue of Saigō Takamori walking his dog
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Equestrian statue of Prince Komatsu Akihito
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Statue of Hideyo Noguchi
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Remains of the Ueno Daibutsu
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Monument to the Shōgitai
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Monument to Ulysses Grant
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Kuroda Memorial Hall,National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
See also
- Parks and gardens in Tokyo
- National Parks of Japan
- World Heritage Sites in Japan
- Meiji period
References
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- ^ "History". International Library of Children's Literature. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ 上野東照宮 [Ueno Tōshō-gū] (in Japanese). Ueno Tōshō-gū. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Gojōten Jinja" (in Japanese). Gojōten Jinja. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ 花園稲荷神社 [Hanazono Inari Jinja] (in Japanese). Gojōten Jinja. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "1883年・JR上野駅開業" [1883 - Opening of Ueno Station] (in Japanese). Nishinippon Shimbun. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Japanese Stone Lantern". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "台東区立小学校通学区域表" (PDF). City of Taito. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "台東区立中学校通学区域表" (PDF). City of Taito. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ Margolis, Abby Rachel. "Samurai Beneath Blue Tarps: Doing homelessness, rejecting marginality and preserving nation in Ueno Park (Japan)". University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
External links
- Ueno Park - Pamphlet
- (in Japanese) Ueno Park - Map
- (in Japanese) Ueno Park - Official Site