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{{Short description|District in Taitō ward, Tokyo, Japan}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox place
| name               = Ueno
| native_name        = 上野
| native_name_lang   = ja
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2/2/2 | total_width = 250 | align = center | caption_align = center 
| image1 = Ueno park.jpg
| caption1 = [[Ueno Park]]
| image2 = Tokyo National Museum, Honkan 2010.jpg
| caption2 = [[Tokyo National Museum]]
| image3 = Five-storied Pagoda - Kan'ei-ji.jpg
| caption3 = Five-storey pagoda of [[Kan'ei-ji]]
| image4 = NMNC01s3200.jpg
| caption4 = [[National Museum of Nature and Science]]
| image5 = Ueno Tōshō-gū DSC02763.JPG
| caption5 = [[Ueno Tōshō-gū]]
| image6 = Ailuropoda melanoleuca Lei Lei Xiao Xiao 220610g.jpg
| caption6 = [[Ueno Zoo]]
| image7 = National museum of western art01 1920.jpg
| caption7 = [[National Museum of Western Art]]
}}
| mapframe           = yes
| population_total   = 3710 <ref>{{cite web | title=町丁名別世帯・人口数 | url=https://www.city.taito.lg.jp/kusei/shokai/tokei/setai/setaisu/index.html | access-date=30 October 2024 | archive-date=5 October 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005190213/https://www.city.taito.lg.jp/kusei/shokai/tokei/setai/setaisu/index.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2020
}}
{{nihongo|'''Ueno'''|上野||{{IPA|ja|ɯ.e.no}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref><ref name=meikai>{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=[[Sanseidō]]|date=10 March 2025|lang=ja}}</ref>{{efn|This is a placename. The [[Ueno (surname)|family name]] is pronounced {{IPA|ja|ɯꜜ.e.no|}}.}}}} is a district in [[Taitō]], [[Tokyo]]. The area extending from Ueno to [[Asakusa]] is part of the historical [[Shitamachi]] (literally "low city") district of Tokyo, which is often associated with working-class traditions and culture as well as their distinct accent. The district's name roughly translates into "Upper Field" in english.

The Ueno area, in the strict sense, centres around [[Ueno Station]], which has historically been the terminus for long-distance trains bound for northern Japan, such as the [[Blue Train (Japan)|Blue trains]] and the [[Shinkansen]]. To the north, Ueno Park stretches to the area just behind the [[University of Tokyo]]'s [[Hongō campus|Hongo Campus]]. Ueno Park houses some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including the [[Tokyo National Museum]], the [[National Museum of Western Art]], the [[National Museum of Nature and Science]], and a major public concert hall. Numerous Buddhist temples can also be found in the park, including the [[Benten-dō|Bentendo]], dedicated to the goddess [[Benzaiten]], on an island in [[Shinobazu Pond]]. The [[Kan'ei-ji]], a major temple for the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shōguns]], also stands in this area, with its pagoda now located within the grounds of [[Ueno Zoo]]. Nearby is [[Ueno Tōshō-gū]], a Shinto shrine dedicated to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. The [[International Library of Children's Literature]] is also in the area.

To the south of the station lies [[Ameya-Yokochō|Ameya-yokochō]], a street market district that evolved from an open-air black market that sprang up during the privation following the Second World War, leading towards [[Okachimachi Station|Okachimachi]]. Part of Ueno has also been known as a [[gay village]] since the [[Edo period]], when the area had a large number of gay brothels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=「カミングアウト」という言葉が出てくる前の時代…体を売って生きることにした男娼の半生（フリート 横田） |url=https://gendai.media/articles/-/103854?page=2 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=現代新書 {{!}} 講談社 |date=26 December 2022 |language=ja |archive-date=24 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224045551/https://gendai.media/articles/-/103854?page=2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==
On 4 July 1868, during the [[Battle of Ueno]] of the [[Boshin War]], pro-Imperial "Kangun" forces defeated remnants [[Shōgitai]] troops near the [[Kan'ei-ji]] temple. Most of the temple was destroyed and the [[Ueno Park]] was later built there.

==Economy==
Ueno is the hometown of Yoshida Watch Shop, established in 1901 by Shogoro Yoshida. It is the origin of [[Orient Watch|Orient Watch Co., Ltd.]]<ref name="orient_watch_history">[http://www.orient-watch.jp/company/history/ Orient Watch History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110133731/http://www.orient-watch.jp/company/history/ |date=2012-01-10 }}, {{in lang|ja}}. Retrieved 3 October 2014</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Tokyo Metropolitan Ueno High School.JPG|thumb|{{ill|Ueno High School (Tokyo)|lt=Ueno High School|ja|東京都立上野高等学校}}]]
*[[Tokyo University of the Arts]]

Public high schools are operated by the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education]].
*{{ill|Ueno High School (Tokyo)|lt=Ueno High School|ja|東京都立上野高等学校}}

Taito City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Ueno 1-4 and 6-chome and part of Ueno 5-chome are zoned to Kuromon Elementary School ([[:ja:台東区立黒門小学校|黒門小学校]]). Ueno 7-[[chome]] is zoned to Ueno Elementary School (上野小学校). A portion of Ueno 5-chome is zoned to Heisei Elementary School (平成小学校).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.taito.lg.jp/kosodatekyouiku/kuritsushocyugakko/nyugakutugaku/tsuugakukuiki.files/taitoukuritsusyougakkou_tsuugakukuiki.pdf|title=台東区立小学校通学区域表|publisher=City of Taito|accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref>

Ueno 1-2 chome is zoned to Ueno Junior High School ([[:ja:台東区立上野中学校|上野中学校]]). Ueno 4 and 7-chome and portions of 3 and 5-6-chome are zoned to Shinobugaoka Junior High School ([[:ja:台東区立忍岡中学校|忍岡中学校]]). Parts of Ueno 3 and 5-6 chome are zoned to Okachimachi Taito Junior High School ([[:ja:台東区立御徒町台東中学校|御徒町台東中学校]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.taito.lg.jp/kosodatekyouiku/kuritsushocyugakko/nyugakutugaku/tsuugakukuiki.files/taitoukuritsutyuugakkou_tsuugakukuiki.pdf|title=台東区立中学校通学区域表|publisher=City of Taito|accessdate=2022-10-09|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013175845/https://www.city.taito.lg.jp/kosodatekyouiku/kuritsushocyugakko/nyugakutugaku/tsuugakukuiki.files/taitoukuritsutyuugakkou_tsuugakukuiki.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Private schools:
* {{ill|Iwakura High School|ja|岩倉高等学校}}

<gallery>
Kuromon elementary school ueno.JPG|Kuromon Elementary School ([[:ja:台東区立黒門小学校|黒門小学校]]) - 1-chome
</gallery>

==Public transport==
* [[File:Shinkansen-E.svg|17px|■]] {{JRLS|JU}} {{JRLS|JK}} {{JRLS|JY}} {{JRLS|JJ}} {{TSLS|G}} {{TSLS|H}} [[Ueno Station]]
* {{JRLS|JK}} {{JRLS|JY}} [[Okachimachi Station]]
* {{TSLS|G}} [[Ueno-hirokoji Station]]
* {{TSLS|E}} [[Ueno-okachimachi Station]]
* {{TSLS|H}} [[Naka-okachimachi Station]]
* {{TSLS|C}} [[Yushima Station (Tokyo)|Yushima Station]]
* {{KSLS|KS}} [[Keisei Ueno Station]]

== See also ==
* [[Ueno Park]]
*[[Ueno Tōshō-gū]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Tokyo/Ueno|Ueno}} 
* [https://www.gotokyo.org/en/tourists/areas/areamap/ueno.html Ueno / Official Tokyo Travel Guide GO TOKYO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143508/https://www.gotokyo.org/en/tourists/areas/areamap/ueno.html |date=20 March 2017 }}

{{Neighborhoods of Tokyo}}
{{Taitō, Tokyo}}
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[[Category:Districts of Taitō]]