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Ueno Station 上野駅

Tokyo's historic gateway to the north: a 1932 station building, Showa-era terminal platforms, a panda-themed bridge to Ueno Park, and the ecute Ueno food hall inside the gates.

About

For generations, migrants and students from Tohoku arrived in Tokyo at Ueno, and the station still carries that nostalgia. The current main building dates from 1932, with its great hall and high-windowed concourse facing Asakusa-dori. Look for the memorial plate to poet Ishikawa Takuboku's tanka about listening for his home dialect in the station crowds. The low-level terminus platforms on the east side, once the starting point for night trains like the Hokutosei and Cassiopeia, still feel like another era. Upstairs, the Park Exit puts you a few steps from the Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of Western Art and Ueno Zoo, and the Iriya Exit leads to the Panda Bridge (Panda-bashi), a walkway across the tracks decorated with panda motifs. Inside the gates, ecute Ueno is packed with panda-shaped sweets and bento. The deep Shinkansen platforms, about 30 m underground, add a fun descent when you are heading north.

Highlights

• The 1932 main station building and its high-ceilinged central concourse
• Memorial plate for Ishikawa Takuboku's famous tanka about Ueno Station
• Panda Bridge (Panda-bashi) walkway with panda decor over the tracks
• ecute Ueno: panda-shaped bread, sweets and bento inside the gates
• Showa-feel terminus platforms where northbound night trains once departed
• Shinkansen platforms buried about 30 m underground

Tips

• Use the Park Exit for museums and the zoo; it is the closest and has its own plaza.
• Ameyoko market starts right outside the Shinobazu Exit, south side.
• Shinkansen transfers here are long because of the depth; allow at least 10 minutes.
• ecute Ueno is inside the gates; buy a platform ticket if you are not riding.

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Nearby

• Ueno Station · Central Gate & Shinobazu Coin LockersLuggage Storage · 50 m away
• Tokyo Metro Ueno Station Passenger Information CenterTourist Info · 80 m away
• JR EAST Travel Service Center · UenoTourist Info · 90 m away
• Tokyo Bunka KaikanLive Music & Karaoke · 170 m away
• Ueno Station · Baggage Counter (3F Concourse, inside Park Gate)Luggage Storage · 220 m away
• The Ueno Royal MuseumArt & Exhibits · 240 m away
• YamashiroyaUnique Store · 270 m away
• Kiyomizu Kannon-dō TempleTemple · 290 m away