Ueno Park

Ueno Park (上野公園 ''Ueno Kōen'') is a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taito -ku, Tokyo , Japan . It occupies the site of the former Kan'eiji , a temple closely associated with the Tokugawa Shogun s, who had built the temple to guard Edo Castle against the northeast. The temple was destroyed during the Boshin War .

Ueno Park was established through an imperial land grant to the city of Tokyo by Emperor Taisho in 1924 . The official name of the park is ''Ueno Onshi Kōen'' (上野恩賜公園), which can be translated as "Ueno Imperial Gift Park."

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A famous statue of Saigo Takamori walking his dog stands in this park.

Three museums ( Tokyo National Museum , The National Science Museum and The National Museum of Western Art
) a concert hall, a Toshogu shrine, the Shinobazu Pond with its Benzaiten shrine, and the Ueno Zoo make this area a tourist and recreation area popular with both Japanese and foreigners.

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Ueno Park and its surroundings figure prominently in Japanese fiction, including Gan ( The Wild Goose ) by Mori Ogai .

Ueno Park is also home to many Homeless People .
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