PARK WENO – PEARL TOKYO

Ueno Park is a large public park near Ueno Station in downtown Tokyo. The land on which the park was spread was originally part of the Kanyi-ji Temple, which used to be one of the largest and richest temples in the city and in the Edo era was the family temple of the ruling clan Tokugawa. Kanai-ji was located northeast of the capital, and was built to protect the city from evil, like Enryaku-ji Temple in Kyoto. Continue reading →