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Statue of Saigo Takamori at Ueno Park.

Ueno Park (上野公園, Ueno Kōen) is a big public park in the Ueno section of Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is in the site of an old Kan'eiji, a temple very related with the Tokugawa shoguns, who had built the temple to guard Edo Castle against the northeast. The temple was destroyed during the Boshin War.

Ueno Park was created through an imperial land grant to the city of Tokyo by Emperor Taishō in 1924. The official name of the park is Ueno Onshi Kōen (上野恩賜公園), which can be translated as "Ueno Imperial Gift Park".

A famous statue of Saigō Takamori walking his dog is in this park.

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  • Ueno Seiyoken in the Meiji era

    Seiyōken was founded in 1872, one of the first western-style restaurants in Japan; the first coffee house followed nearby in 1888

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    National Museum of Nature and Science

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    Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

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    Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

  • The oldest Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Concert Hall

    Sōgakudō Concert Hall

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    International Library of Children's Literature

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    The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

  • Ueno Royal Museum

    Ueno Royal Museum

  • Five-storied Pagoda - Kan'ei-ji

    Pagoda of Kan'ei-ji

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    Kan'ei-ji Hondō

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    Kiyomizu Kannondō

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    Ueno Tōshō-gū

  • Kaneiji Genyuin Mausoleum Gate

    Tokugawa mausoleum

  • Front Gate of Inshu Ikeda's Residence, Tokyo

    Kuromon

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    Bentendō

  • Hanazono-Inari-jinja (Ueno)

    Gojōten Jinja (Hanazono Inari Jinja)

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    Equestrian statue of Prince Komatsu Akihito

  • Statue of hideyo noguchi in ueno

    Statue of Hideyo Noguchi

  • Ueno Daibutsu

    Remains of the Ueno Daibutsu

  • Ueno Shogitai tomb

    Monument to the Shōgitai

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    Monument to Ulysses Grant

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    Shinobazu Pond

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    Japan Academy

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    Japan Art Academy

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    Kuroda Memorial Hall, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Parque Ueno para niños

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