Ueno Tōshō-gū
Ueno Tōshō-gū is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. First established in 1627 by Tōdō Takatora and renovated in 1651 by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shrine has remained mostly intact since that time, making it an example of Shinto architecture in the Edo period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Shinto shrine
- Description: building in Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Tosho Gu”, “Tōshō Gū”, “Tōshō-gū”, and “Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ueno Zoo and Tokyo National Museum.
Ueno Zoo
Zoo
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The Ueno Zoo is a 14.3-hectare zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo, opened on March 20, 1882.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 620 metres northeast of Ueno Tōshō-gū.
National Museum of Western Art
Museum
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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. National Museum of Western Art is situated 470 metres east of Ueno Tōshō-gū.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ikenohata and Ueno.
Ueno
If you want to get a feel for old Tokyo, Ueno in the Taito district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like Ginza, but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.
Ueno Tōshō-gū
- Categories: Tōshō-gū, building, shrine, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Taito, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.7154° or 35° 42′ 55″ northLongitude
139.77063° or 139° 46′ 14″ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Inception
1627Open location code
8Q7XPQ8C+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 145344085OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=shrineOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shrineGeoNames ID
10966761Wikidata ID
Q708550
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Ueno Tōshō-gū” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “上野东照宫”
- Chinese: “上野東照宮”
- French: “Sanctuaire Tosho-gu d’Ueno”
- French: “Ueno Tōshō-gū”
- German: “Ueno Tōshō-gū”
- Greek: “Ουένο Τόσο-γκου”
- Japanese: “三処権現”
- Japanese: “上野東照宮”
- Japanese: “東照宮”
- Korean: “우에노 도쇼구”
- Korean: “우에노 동조궁”
- Malayalam: “ഏനോ ടോഷോ-ഗു”
- Persian: “معبد اوئنو توشو”
- Persian: “معبد اوئنو توشوگو”
- Polish: “Ueno Tōshō-gū”
- Russian: “Уэно Тосёгу”
- Russian: “Уэноское святилище Тосёгу”
- Spanish: “Santuario Tōshō-gū de Ueno”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ikenohata 3 and Ueno Park.
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