Ueno Zoological Gardens

Ueno Zoological Park is the oldest zoo in Japan, opened on March 20, 1882
and located in Ueno Onshi Park in Tokyo, Five minute walk from Ueno Station.

Ueno Zoological Gardens is the zoo with the largest number of visitors in Japan in terms of annual visitors.

Ueno, which is located along  Yamanote – Line in Tokyo, has many features such as the historic Ueno Park,
Ameya Yokocho whichi is a famous shopping street that offers cheap products and food, and the old-fashioned bar district (Izakaya) and building district in front of Ueno Station. It’s a very interesting area.
It is surprising that there is a zoo in the middle of the metropolis.

The most popular animal at Ueno Zoological Park is the panda.
Many people come to see the pandas

URL：https://www.tokyo-zoo.net/zoo/ueno/

There are three entrances to Ueno Zoological Gardens.
This photo is the main gate.
Other entrances are the Ikenohara gate and the Benten gate

This is bird area, so you can see hawks ,owls and pheasants etc.

The gorilla area is very popular and on weekends you may have to wait for tens of minutes.

This is the Tiger.
Depending on the angle, there are places where you can see tigers and places where you can’t.

You can observe the behavior of polar bears in the water.
There are also seals in another area.

It is an amphibian reptile house in a facility with a jungle-like atmosphere.
You can see alligators, giant tortoises, giant salamanders and more.

This is Shinobazu Pond, which is adjacent to Ueno Zoological Gardens.
Shinobazu Pond used to be the sea. What used to be an inlet in Tokyo Bay gradually receded
and became land, remaining as a pond.

You can ride a boat at Shinobazu Pond.

Ueno Zoological Gardes are divided into the west and east gardens.
Each area has two restaurants.
This photo is a cafe chameleon in the west garden.
You can eat soy meat hamburger, French fries, yakisoba, and more in this restaurant,

In addition to animals that live on land, there is also an area for animals that live in the sea.
Penguins!

In addition, you can see many animals such as giraffes, rhinos, flamingos, lemurs, elephants, bison, etc.
This is the place where you can enjoy half days.

Ueno Toshogu The five-storied pagoda can only be seen by entering the Ueno Zoological Gardens.
The feature is that the size of all roofs is uniform.
It is 32 meters high.
It was destroyed by fire in 1639, but was rebuilt in the same year, and it is the current five-storied pagoda.

Location

■Ueno Zoological Gardens
9-83 Ueno Koen Taito-Ku Tokyo 110-8711
MAP：https://goo.gl/maps/ErKM3MyWepE4GAmp8
It takes about five minutes by walk to get Ueno Zoological Gardens from Ueno Station.

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