Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Galleries & Museums
Shitamachi Museum (
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)
Food
Hantei (
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)
Shopping
Isetatsu (
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)
Getting There
Train
The JR Yamanote Line stops at Ueno, Nippori and Nishi-Nippori. Keisei Line
trains to Narita Airport leave from Keisei Ueno Station.
Subway
Hibiya and Ginza Lines stop at Ueno. The Chiyoda Line stops at Yushi-
ma, Nezu, Sendagi and Nishi-Nippori.
The Sights in a Day
Get an early start and head to Ueno Station on the JR Yamanote Line.
From there, walk to the
Tokyo National Museum
(
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). Spend
the morning exploring the museum's vast collection of Japanese art and antiquit-
ies, allowing at least two hours to cover the highlights. Next stroll through leafy
Ueno-kōen
(
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), with its temples such as
Kiyōmizu Kannon-dō
(
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here
) and
Benten-dō
(
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). Break for lunch at historic
Izu-ei
(
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)
,
which specialises in barbecued eel - a classic Japanese dish.
After lunch take a walk through the old-fashioned arcade,
Ameya-
yokochō
(
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)
. Then take your pick from some of the excellent
of the late-19th-century elite.
