Shitaya Church

Shitaya Church is a church in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Shitaya Church is situated near the community center 東上野区民館, as well as near the hospital 全仁会上野病院.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: National Museum of Western Art and Ueno Station.

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 550 metres northwest of Shitaya Church.

Ueno Station

Railway station

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Ueno Station is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park—which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other famous cultural facilities. Ueno Station is situated 350 metres northwest of Shitaya Church.

Tokyo National Museum

Museum

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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. Tokyo National Museum is situated 1 km northwest of Shitaya Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Nishi Asakusa.

Ueno

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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.