Ueno, one of Tokyo's main downtown areas, is a well-known and highly frequented leisure spot amongst not just the Japanese, but foreign visitors as well. With both a zoo and various museums in Ueno ...

Most people associate Ueno Park, the most-visited park in Tokyo, with a springtime canopy of cherry blossoms, or the zoo and its fabled pandas. But strolling down the picturesque alleys that ...

Only halfway through the text is it confirmed that Kazu, the protagonist of Yu Miri’s novel “Tokyo Ueno Station,” is, indeed, dead. In most books, the delay of such a major plot point would be a ...

The humble whisky highball maintains unshakeable popularity in Japan, with specialist bars even popping up now and then to humour aficionados. This newly opened spot inside Ueno Station draws patrons ...