Ueno

Ueno (上野) is downtown of Tokyo, so you can get a feel for old Tokyo. Eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.




◯Ueno Park（上野公園）
Ueno Park is famous for the many museums found on its grounds, the Tokyo National Museum , the National Museum for Western Art , the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, the National Science Museum and Ueno Zoo. Ueno Park is a paradise of the homeless and there are over 200 people of the largest homeless population in Tokyo. You will often find homeless also homeless women, lying in the bench or blue seat.

◯Ameyoko Arcade（アメ横）
Ameya-yokochō, or Ameyoko, is one of the only old-fashioned outdoor markets in Tokyo along the Yamanote Line tracks between Okachimachi and Ueno Stations. It's famous as a post-WWII black market and even now retains that throwback feel. Today, various products such as clothes, bags, cosmetics, fresh fish, dried food and spices are sold along Ameyoko. In the grocery market in the basement of Ameyoko Center  Building, there ares foods and spices imported from Southeast Asia, and Asian not Japanese buy these foods.


























◯TAKEYA（多慶屋）
Located next to Okachimachi Station, TAKEYA is the department of discount and has 10 buildings. It sells 200 thousand goods, electrical appliances, personal computers, watches , cosmetics, foods , sporting goods, medicines and so on. There are any staffs who speak foreign language in order to talk to foreign visitors.

◯Ueno Okura Theater（上野オークラ劇場）/Ueno Tokusen Theater（上野特選劇場）
Ueno Okura adult cinema theater is reopened in August 2010. 24-hour all-night everyday open all year round, so you can see pink movies at any time. Ueno Tokusen Theater in the basement is Gay crusing spot.











◯Ueno Shochiku Department（上野松竹デパート）
There is a old fashioned department store in front of  Ueno Station. First floor is a 100 yen shop and a pharmacy, third floor is Ueno Igo Center. In the pharmacy on first floor, there are many adult goods like rotors and energy drinks for nightlife.

◯Ueno Gay Crusing Spot（上野ハッテン場）
In the east of Ueno Station, there are many gay crusing spots for chubby gay. Signs such as "man video" or "sauna" is noticeable, and there are 24 Kaikan and snacks for gay. For Ueno has many gay, toilet of platform on  line 13 Ueno Station is also gay crusing spot, and you feel the gaze of men and sometimes you may be touched by men if you go toilet.



























◯Ueno Korea Town（上野コリアタウン）
Place called "Kimchi Alley" in the corner of Higashi-Ueno is an old Korea Town. There are many Yakiniku restaurants and Korean food stores.

◯Red-light district of Ueno 2-chome（上野二丁目の風俗街）
Red-light district has spreaded to Ueno 2-chome, surrounded by Ueno Hirokoji station, Yushima station, Shinobazu Pond. In Edo period there are red-light district, so nowadays there are also adult shops like soap land or fashion health, show pub, snacks and Korean restaurants.

◯Ueno Bike Town
There is a place called "Bike Street" lining with bike shops around Showa street near Ueno Station Iriya-guchi. Customers go to chain stores  in suburban in recent years, so these area also have been declined.





◯Snake Cuisine
There was a habit of eating a snake for energy as eel the old days in Japan and there were 300 snake restaurants in the heyday all around Japan, but because of ban of snakes import or decreasing of snake masters there are 3 snake restaurants (Ueno Kyumeido, Bunkyudou near Ueno Matsuzakaya, Hebizen in Kuramae)in Tokyo now. A live snake is cooked in front of you and you can eat hamburger of snake. Taste of snake is delicious like chicken. A viper, a hub and Shimahebi costs 6000yen.