Ueno is an area in the northeast of Tokyo, one of the older neighborhoods, and known (affectionately) as Grandparents Town for all the seniors who live there. It's a mix of shops and apartments, but has a large park (where the main zoo is), and many of the big art museums. It has a different feel than the hyper-new areas of the city, which are made over in the latest style. You can see this in the modest station exterior:
and in the very different feel of the station interior which, by the way, is filled with the smell of pastries. Is it that the seniors like to buy the pastries, or that people buy warm gifts when they visit their parents and grandparents?
Here, a stand for gift boxes...
A great little coffee shop I've visited a few times...
And some pictures from out in the park and zoo...
Here, a kanji carved into a nearby Shinto shrine...
From a bamboo grove...
And some visuals from the zoo map...
and in the very different feel of the station interior which, by the way, is filled with the smell of pastries. Is it that the seniors like to buy the pastries, or that people buy warm gifts when they visit their parents and grandparents?
Here, a stand for gift boxes...
A great little coffee shop I've visited a few times...
And some pictures from out in the park and zoo...
Here, a kanji carved into a nearby Shinto shrine...
From a bamboo grove...
And some visuals from the zoo map...
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