Ueno Park

Ueno Park ( 上野公園 Ueno Kōen ? ) is a spacious public park in the Ueno district of Taitō , Tokyo , Japan . The park was established in 1873 on lands formerly belonging to the temple of Kan'ei-ji . Amongst the country's first public parks, it was founded following the western example as part of the borrowing and assimilation of international practices that characterizes the early Meiji period . The home of a number of major museums, Ueno Park is also celebrated in spring for its cherry blossoms and hanami . In recent times the park and its attractions have drawn over ten million visitors a year, making it Japan's most popular city park. [2]