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AMEYOKOCHŌ MARKET
Ueno and around
Most people visit Ueno (
্
) for its park, Ueno Kōen. Here you'll find a host
of good museums, as well as a few relics from the vast Kan'ei-Ji temple
complex that was built on this hilltop in 1624 by the second shogun,
Tokugawa Hidetada, to protect his castle's northeast quarter. The prestigious
Tokyo National Museum alone could easily fill a day, but there's also the
entertaining Science Museum, the Museum Of Western Art, and the
endearing Shitamachi Museum, which harks back to Ueno's proletarian past.
Much of downtown Ueno, meanwhile, has a rough-and-ready feel, especially
round the station and bustling Ameyokochō Market. Further west, there's a
more sedate atmosphere among the worshippers at Yushima Tenjin, the
students at Tokyo University's ivory towers, and in the Kyū Iwasaki-Tei
Gardens, set around one of Tokyo's few remaining Meiji-era mansions.
