U.S. News Insider Tip: Take a 20-minute walk northwest of Ueno Park to the more than 100,000-square-foot Yanaka Cemetery, the first public burial ground in Tokyo and an oasis of foliage and historical ...

Springtime in Japan celebrates the spectacular flowers that burst into bloom, giving residents and visitors alike a new life.

TOKYO -- Ueno Park in the capital's Taito Ward was seen crowded with people on March 20 as cherry blossoms there were in full bloom and party restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted ...

An enchanting herb garden cafe serves delicious, westernized dishes with locally sourced ingredients right inside Ueno Park, just steps away from Ueno Station, one of Tokyo’s busiest. Diners can feel ...

Ueno Park is best known for its zoo and its museums, but it has so many more hidden treasures to explore. If you stroll through the park, you’ll spot statues and historical monuments, ancient shrines ...

The return of Ueno Zoo’s last giant pandas underscores how an animal became a diplomatic symbol — and what happens when that symbol is withdrawn.

Tokyo’s Ueno Park, one of the country’s premier cherry blossom viewing spots, offers a wealth of recreation options ranging from a zoo to museums and concert halls. Home also to the Tokyo University ...

Tokyo is one of the world's most phoenix-like cities. Whether shaken to the ground by earthquakes, reduced to ashes by fire or bombed to smithereens by Allied warplanes, it has risen again every time.