Ueno Park is a lovely public park near the Ueno Station. This nature park was publicly opened in the year 1873. It covers an area of approximately 533,981 square meters. At the southern entranceway, the visitors will come across a Saigo Takamori's statue. During the Meiji Restoration period of 1888, this great personality played an important role.
While roaming around the Ueno Park, Tokyo one will come across several attractions. Some of them include the Tokyo National Museum, the National Science Museum, the Orient Museum, the National Museum for Western Art, the Shitamachi Museum, the Tokyo Metropolitan Fine Art Gallery and several others. Ueno Park is also popular for its cherry trees. Ueno Park
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is considered to be one of the first zoological gardens in Japan. Here the international tourists can see giant panda bears moving around. It is said that in 1972, China gifted the first panda bear to this park.
In Ueno Park, Japan, there is also a big Shinobazu Pond. In the middle of this water body, goddess Benten's temple is seen to be standing. Apart from this, Toshogu Shrine is also there to draw your attention. This shrine was built in order to show homage to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder member of the Edo shogunate. However, to enter the area of the inner shrine, 200 Yen is charged as an admission fee. This park daily remains open for 24-hours.
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