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    Ueno Park (上野公園, Ueno Kōen) is a spacious public park in the Ueno district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1873 on lands formerly...
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    Ueno (上野) is a district in Tokyo's Taitō Ward, best known as the home of Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including...
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    Ueno Station (上野駅, Ueno-eki) is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park—which contains...
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    on 27 December 2023. The zoo is in Ueno Park, a large urban park that is home to museums, a small amusement park, and other attractions. The zoo is closed...
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    Taitō (section Parks)
    Matsugaya Kan'ei-ji Kishibojin Ueno Tōshō-gū Zenshō-an Asakusa Park Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden Sumida Park Ueno Park Yanaka Park Amuse Museum Asakura Sculpture...
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    Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated...
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    night is called yozakura (夜桜) "night sakura". In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura. On the...
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    The Ueno Zoo Monorail Line (東京都交通局上野懸垂線, Tōkyō-to Kōtsū-kyoku Ueno Kensui-sen) was a 0.3 km (0.19 mi) long suspended railway operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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    Keisei Main Line and is a short distance from JR Ueno Station. The station is underground beneath Ueno Park. The layout consists of four bay platforms which...
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    Boshin War's Battle of Ueno and never restored. Much of the site where it once stood was confiscated and is now occupied by Ueno Park. What is today the temple's...
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    (国立科学博物館, Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan) is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It...
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    Ueno Daibutsu (上野大仏) was an Edo-period giant seated statue of Shaka Nyorai in what is now Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. Of bronze and dating to 1631, it was...
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    Iemitsu had the shrine greatly enlarged and lavishly decorated. Ueno Tōshō-gū at Ueno Park in Tokyo is also widely known. The Kunōzan Tōshō-gū is in Shizuoka...
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  • Park Akatsuka Park Jindaiji Botanical Gardens Mejiro-no-Mori Park Shakujii Park Japanese Garden in Shinjuku Gyoen Cherry blossoms in Ueno Park There are four...
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    Once cherry blossoms bloom in spring, many residents gather in Ueno Park, Inokashira Park, and the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden for picnics under the...
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    famous bronze statue of Saigō in hunting attire with his dog stands in Ueno Park, Tokyo. Made by Takamura Kōun, it was unveiled on December 18, 1898. Saigō...
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    (東照大権現). Ueno Tōshō-gū also enshrines two other Tokugawa shōguns, Tokugawa Yoshimune and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Located inside of Ueno Park, Ueno Tōshō-gū...
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    The Battle of Ueno (上野戦争, Ueno Sensō) was a battle of the Boshin War, which occurred on July 4, 1868 (Meiji 1, 15th day of the 5th month), between the...
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    Shinobazu Pond (category Ueno Park)
    Shinobazu Pond (不忍池, Shinobazu no Ike) is a pond within Ueno Park (a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan), and a historically...
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    1017/S002205071400062X. S2CID 154701739 – via CRKN Cambridge University Press Journals. "Ueno Park". National Diet Library. Retrieved September 8, 2020. Gordon (2000). Shinsengumihq...
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    appreciable effect. In 1889, Saigō was posthumously pardoned. Statues in Ueno Park, Tokyo and near the ruins of Kagoshima Castle stand in his memory. Saigō...
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    Iga Ueno Castle (伊賀上野城, Iga-Ueno-jō), also known as Ueno Castle (上野城, Ueno-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai...
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    Tokyogeidai (東京芸大) is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju...
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    down methodically to make room for a modern park, a showplace for the empire, akin to Tokyo's Ueno Park. During the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese...
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    photography began and ended in 1964 in Mount Aso, Yokohama, Gotenba, and Ueno Park. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster was theatrically released in Japan...
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    in Zürich Musée d'Orsay in Paris The National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, Tokyo The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center...
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    The Ueno Royal Museum (上野の森美術館, Ueno-no-Mori Bijutsukan) opened in Ueno Park, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, in 1972. Managed by the Japan Art Association and with...
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    viewing parties in the spring where thousands gather in parks such as Ueno Park, Inokashira Park, and the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden for picnics under...
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    National Museum of Western Art (category Ueno Park)
    the Western tradition. The museum is in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. The NMWA...
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    established its first kōen (公園) or public parks in 1873 (Asakusa Park, Asukayama Park, Fukagawa Park, Shiba Park, and Ueno Park). In 1911 local citizens petitioned...
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