Ueno News

The Ueno Bunka no Mori New Plan Executive Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo will hold a two-day special concert “Culture Forest” on February 12 (Wed) and 13 (Thu), 2020. Sound Tour 2020 ”will be held. “Cultural Forest Sound Tour 2020” will open 6 cultural facilities in Ueno Park (Ueno Forest Museum, Tokyo National Museum, Former Tokyo Music Academy Sogakudo, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, National Science Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) For the venue, different programs are prepared with special arrangements centered on the winners of the Tokyo Music Competition. This event is a special concert where visitors can travel from the concert hall…

Ⓒ1976, 1989, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2019, SANRIO CO., LTD Sanrio Co., Ltd. will open a directly managed shop "Sanrio Gift Gate Ueno Store" at 11:00 on Friday, January 24 at Ueno, Tokyo, one of Tokyo's leading tourist destinations, which is open all year round, both in Japan and overseas. In spring, cherry blossoms at Ueno Onshi Park, shopping beside Ameyoko, a zoo, and a store opened on Plaza U Building 1F on Chuo-dori, which is within walking distance of many cultural facilities, including museums. A big pompompurin (height about 3.3m, width about 3.7m) holding a stuffed Hello Kitty dressed like a panda, one of the motifs symbolizing Ueno. You can…

At Ueno's buffet restaurant “Gift of the Earth”, the first annual “Strawberry Fair” will be held for a limited time from Tuesday, January 14, 2020 to Sunday, March 29, 2020. & Strawberry Sweets All-you-can-eat Fair " The "Strawberry Fair" held every year from New Year to Late Spring at the " Gift of the Earth " and is well received. For the first two and a half months until the end of March, a lineup of 12 kinds of sweets using " Amaou", which is famous for its high-end varieties, and "Fresh Amaou" , a basket of fresh fruits, as well as fresh fruits. Did. The bright red strawberry covered…

<Furuki Kosode> back The Tokyo National Museum and the Cultural Property Utilization Center are in full repair of the important cultural property "Kosode Shiraayachi Akikusa Moyo" (owned by the Tokyo National Museum) owned by Korin Ogata. In doing so, we will start fundraising activities to solicit donations from individuals and companies. Donation application period January 2020-June 2022 Donation target amount 15 million yen Repair period 2020-2022 (planned) <Fuyuki Kosode> is a thing that Korin Ogata, a painter of autumn grass, drew his own brush about 300 years ago. It is said to have been painted for the wife of the Fuyuki family, a lumber wholesaler in Fukagawa, where Korin who…

At Ueno Toshogu Shrine, located in Ueno Park and enshrining Ieyasu Tokugawa, between January 1, 2020 (Wednesday / holiday) and February 24 (Monday), approximately 200 winter botanical plants, shrines and five-storied pagoda, etc. "Ueno Toshogu Fuyu Botan" has been opened to add color to authentic Edo architecture. "Warabotchi (straw fence)" has been applied, and 40 kinds of winter botanicals, 200 strains, are in full bloom. Please come by all means. ■ One of the largest in the Kanto area “200 winter strains of about 40 species at all times” During the opening period, you can enjoy more than 200 kinds of winter varieties, including popular varieties such as "Yachiyo camellia",…