Park

Парк Уэно

The Ueno area is primarily famous for its large eponymous park. The park's area is 530 square kilometers, and this entire territory used to belong to the Kan'ei-ji temple, which was important during the Edo period. During the overthrow of the shogunate the Battle of Ueno took place here (1868), and the temple grounds were reduced to ashes; later the park was laid out in Western style. A few buildings from the temple complex have survived: the Toshogu Shrine, the five-storied pagoda and the Kiyomizu Kannon-do pavilion.