- Ueno Park
nihongo|Ueno Park|上野公園|Ueno Kōen is a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of
Taito, Tokyo ,Japan . It occupies the site of the formerKan'ei-ji , a temple closely associated with the Tokugawashogun s, who had built the temple to guardEdo Castle against the northeast. The temple was destroyed during theBoshin War .Ueno Park was established through an imperial land grant to the city of Tokyo by
Emperor Taishō in1924 . The official name of the park is nihongo|"Ueno Onshi Kōen"|上野恩賜公園, which can be translated as "Ueno Imperial Gift Park".A famous statue of
Saigō Takamori walking his dog stands in this park.Three museums (
Tokyo National Museum , The National Science Museum andThe National Museum of Western Art ) a concert hall, aToshogu shrine, theShinobazu Pond with itsBenzaiten shrine, and theUeno Zoo make this area a tourist and recreation area popular with both Japanese and foreigners.Ueno Park and its surroundings figure prominently in Japanese fiction, including "Gan" ("The Wild Goose") by
Mori Ōgai .Ueno Park is also home to many
homeless people . [http://www.juergenspecht.com/documentations/?number=3]External links
* [http://gmap.jp/shop-5390.html Ueno Park English Map]
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