| Ueno Park | |
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 Visitors enjoying the cherry blossoms | |
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| Location | Taitō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°42′44″N 139°46′16″E / 35.71222°N 139.77111°E |
| Area | 538,506.96 square metres (133.06797 acres) |
| Created | 19 October 1873[1] |
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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 belonging to the temple of Kan'ei-ji. Amongst the country's first public parks, it was founded following the Western example as part of the borrowing and assimilation of international practices that characterizes the early Meiji period. The home of a number of major museums, Ueno Park is also celebrated in spring for its cherry blossoms and hanami. In recent times the park and its attractions have drawn over ten million visitors a year, making it Japan's most popular city park.[2]
- ^ 上野恩賜公園 [Ueno Park] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolis. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Havens, Thomas R. H. (2011). Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 28ff. ISBN 978-0-8248-3477-7.