Japan Guide
Tokyo
Ueno
Most people visit Ueno for its park, Ueno Kōen, one of Tokyo's largest open spaces and home to a host of good museums, including the prestigious Tokyo National Museum, plus a few relics from a vast temple complex that once occupied this hilltop. But Ueno also has proletarian, Shitamachi roots, and much of its eastern district has a rough-and-ready feel, especially around the station and the raucous markets extending south beside the tracks.