Hotel New Park Ueno

... and went shopping in Shinjuku. 50% sales.... New outfit, yay! Then actually went to Ueno, took a walk through Ueno park, which is much more spectacular in spring when the 1000 cherry blossom trees are in bloom. We had actually come in an attempt to go ...

... the English language Japan Times's list of festivals for the weekend. The one that caught my eye was a doll burning ceremony in Ueno Park. It was conveniently located, and it sounded exactly like the sort of odd thing you would only see in Japan (or at ...

... searching for since he got to Tokyo. Outside the store, a friendly local stopped to direct us the final few blocks to Ueno Park: As we walked over the bridge and the JR train tracks into Ueno, we passed huge pachinko parlours and then arrived ...

Having mastered the underground system, we successfully found our way to Ueno Park and in particular - the zoo.  To get to the park from the underground, we had to wander through many streets, mainly selling fish products and seaweed, although D's ...

... , Nagashima Spaland Swimming Pool, Suzuka Race Circuit, Tsu Kairaku Park, Nabana-no-Sato Flower Garden, Tado Taisha Shrine, Ueno Park, Ueno Castle, Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, Haiseiden Memorial Hall, Seki Post Town, Yokkaichi Plants Night View) 25. Shiga ...

... hour train ride from Narita to Ueno, and it was evening by the time we made it to their hotel. They stayed at the Hotel New Hotoku. I chose it because I like the location, just a few blocks from Ueno Park and a block from the train station and a ...

... proud to (probably) be above the average height of a Japanese woman! Anyway, tomorrow we are planning to check out one more park, Ueno, before heading to the airport for a flight to Bangkok. Because of the sketchy security situation, we are going to fly ...

... wasn't until our third and fourth days in Tokyo that we had our first taste of real touristy sightseeing. Having moved to a new hotel we were better positioned to explore the city, with Lois acting as our excellent guide. Harajuku, renowned for its ...

... kind of attitude. On this day, however, we would be seeing a very different side of Ueno that comprises the other half of its image. Ueno Park is one of the largest of its kind in Tokyo, containing not only the famous Tokyo (Ueno) Zoo, but also the ...

... just take yen out of their banks. we decided to go to the local park and zoo. what a day of walking. 5+ hours in Ueno park and Ueno zoo. sweat sweat and more sweat. It being 30 celcius and muggy as sin ofcourse. lions and tigers and b..... no wait their ...

... casually looked right before crossing the street only to be scared half to death by a speeding scooter or minibus. After the park we dropped into the hotel so I could nap, then we walked into the market for food.  Jen would be better at describing ...

... sun was out for the first time in days.  (And my back still hurt, but nobody wants to hear me whine…) Ueno park was a delightful little discovery.  We didn’t go to any museums, but did poke around several temples and shrines.  ...

... too excited about! We were getting a bit disheartened by this! That afternoon Marie went to get her haircut, and I headed off to Ueno park and walked around the temples. That evening, we decided to head to Rappongi the centre of the night life in Tokyo! ...

... at home. Only 950 Yen. ( 5,50 EUR, 8,37 USD) Now I was more sure about traveling by metro and knew which track I should choose. The Ueno park was amazing. A big park in the middle of hundreds of houses. It was quite a chilly morning, but there was many ...

... experience!  The rest of the afternoon was spent wandering Ueno, visiting the Yushima Tenamngu Shrine and walking around Ueno Onshi Park. We imaguined how pretty both the Shinabazunoike Pond and the Onshi Park would have looked like in full flower. ...

... airport travel encountered problems right from the beginning. The only way we knew to access JR Maihama Station from the Ambassador Hotel was through the Ikspiari shopping centre but this was closed, even as a thoroughfare, until 10am. Confronted by ...

... first full day in Tokyo. Arriving last night was ridiculously easy with an uncrowded express train directly from the airport to Ueno, where my hotel was directly across the narrow street. Being night time, there was virtually nothing to see through the ...

... that had 7 vehicles available. Unfortunately we could not find a suitable operator so we decided instead to head down to the snow park at the hotel, which had 3 vehicles that we could drive on a 4km course. We took it in turns to do our laps of the ...

... out their new cleaning machine in the corridor.  Chased out, I got skates on and headed out back to Ueno to do the tour properly.  Stroll through park, shrines, statues, lily pond, got lost as guide crap (not that I:m a bird or anything).  ...

... fans may have known about). The following day we want to Ueno-Koen, and visited the National Science Museum and wandered around Ueno Park for all the sites it had to offer. Picture-taking is forbidden inside Buddhist Shrines, so Phil had a ...