Temple
Gokoku-in
Taito•231m(3 min walk)
Ueno Zoo
恩賜上野動物園Taito, Tokyo
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What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Ueno Zoo is the oldest zoo in Japan, a metropolitan facility inside Ueno Park in Taitō ward, Tokyo. It opened on 20 March 1882 as a zoo attached to a museum and now covers about 14 hectares. The grounds are divided into an east and a west garden that are linked by the Aesop Bridge.
More than 500 species are kept here, including Sumatran tigers, western lowland gorillas and a pygmy hippopotamus, an animal counted in Japan among the world's three great rarities. Since the 1990s the older enclosures have been replaced step by step with settings closer to natural habitats. A former five-story pagoda of Kan'ei-ji temple, an Important Cultural Property, stands in the east garden. A memorial to animals killed during the Second World War is also on the grounds.
Goshuin within a short walk
Temples, shrines and castles near Ueno Zoo that give goshuin, closest first.
Shrine
Ueno Toshogu
Taito•244m(3 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 6
Shrine
Hanazono Inari
Taito•424m(5 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Shrine
Gojo Tenj-in
Taito•433m(5 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 2
Temple
Daihoz-An Ichijo-ji
Taito•433m(5 min walk)
Temple
Choun-ji
Taito•489m(6 min walk)
Temple
Kanei-ji
Taito•555m(7 min walk)
Temple
Shinobazu Daikokuten-do
Taito•556m(7 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
How do I visit?
Visit Duration
150 minutes
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