Ueno Park was once just a hill, which the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu was appreciated for the fact that he successfully covered his Palace from the North-East to the Buddhist views from this side usually had to be the evil forces. Tokugawa in 1625 built on this hill family temple of Kanyeezy, eventually became the burial place of six shoguns.

Later in Ueno were built and other churches, from which the Park can be called the center of religion and culture. For example, the temple of Kanyeezy Kamajugo, built in honor of the goddess of mercy, Kannon. Here modern Japanese people come with prayers for procreation, and leave in gratitude to the goddess doll. Every year on September 25 accumulated dolls solemnly sacrificed to the goddess, burning at the stake. There is also the temple Bentendo Jinja Shrine, located on the island in a large pond with lotuses. The temple Ueno toshogu Shrine was built in memory of the ruler Ieyasu of the Tokugawa. This temple is considered a national treasure and represents the architectural style of gongen. The entrance to the temple is an alley of 250 stone lamps, and next to it is a pagoda in five tiers.

For Edo (the former name of Tokyo) hill Ueno had the same significance as the sacred mount Hiei to the ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto is the spiritual symbol of peace.

In Ueno Park, tourists can see and certificates of valor samurai and generals. These include the statue of Takamori Saigo – valiant warrior and rebel, raised in the 19th century revolt against the Emperor, and the memorial Sahiti, erected in memory of the samurai who died in the battle of Ueno.

Today, Ueno Park is very famous and visited place in Tokyo, is considered the best in the capital for contemplation of cherry blossoms. In Ueno opened the first in the Country of the rising sun the Museum of fine arts and the first zoo.

Besides, on the territory of the Park are the Tokyo national Museum, which houses ancient artifacts, the national Museum of Western art - it is easy to find the statue of Rodin's "the Thinker" at the entrance and the halls are paintings by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, van Gogh. You should visit the Museum of fine arts, the Museum of history of shitamachi, which presents the life of artisans and merchants of old Tokyo, the national Museum of science and natural history, founded in 1871.