Ueno

Ueno Station ( 上野駅 Ueno-eki ? ) is a major railway station in Tokyo 's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park -- which contains Tokyo National Museum , The National Museum of Western Art , Ueno Zoo , Tokyo University of the Arts and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from northern Japan , although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years. A similar extension of conventional lines will extend the Takasaki Line , Utsunomiya Line and Joban Line to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tokyo Line from March 2015 on existing little-used tracks and a new viaduct. [1] Ueno Station is close to Keisei-Ueno Station , the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Station .