Ueno Hotels - Villa Fontaine

Ueno2-4-4 Kojima, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Telephone:?+81 (0)3-5833-5550
Site: Villa Fontaine
The location of this hotel is grate for travelers: Shin-Okachimachi Station (Oedo Line) 4 minutes on foot from Exit A2, Naka-Okachimachi Station (Hibiya Line) 6 minutes on foot from Exit 1, Okachimachi Station (JR Line) 8 minutes on foot from the North Exit (Kita-guchi).
The prices here start at about 8000 Yen for a single room, and every room has a free internet and a fridge (good for budget travelers).

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Shitamachi Museum

2-1 Ueno Koen, Tokyo, Japan
Telephone: 03-3823-7451

Time hold still in this downtown from Meiji era.The two main displays are a merchant’s house and a tenements of a copper-smith and a cheap sweets dealer, with all their furnishings. In this museum you can take your shoes off and step up into the rooms, and just for few moments experience the life like it was in those days.

Opening Hours: 9:30 - 16:30
Closed: Mondays and December 28 - January 3
(If national holiday falls on Monday, the museum is open on the holiday and is closed the next day, Tuesday)
Admission:
Adult: 300 Yen
High/ Junior high/Elementary school students: 100 Yen

Access: 5 minutes from Ueno JR Station
5 minutes from Ueno Station on Ginza or Hibiya Metro Line
5 minutes from Keisei Ueno Station on Keisei Line

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Tokyo National Museum

13-9 Ueno Park,Taito-ku, Tokyo,110-8712, Japan
Telephone: +81-3-3822-1111
Site: Tokyo National Museum

National MuseumThis is a MUST place to visit in Tokyo. It is the oldest and the largest art and history museum in Japan. The museum has few buildings:Honkan – Japanese Gallery: Displays the high lights in Japanese art by exhibiting Japanese ceramics, sculptures, swards and samurai armors.From the windows of this gallery you can see the National Museum gardens and teahouses, but this area is open for public just for one month during the cherry blossom.National Museum gardens Toyokan – Asian Gallery: Dedicated to antiquities of Asia, including China, Korea, South Asia, India, the Middle East and EgyptThe Gallery of Horyuji Treasures: The Horyuji Treasures consist of over 300 valuable objects, mainly from the 7th - 8th century.


Opening Hours:
9:30 - 17:00 (Last admission at 16:30)
On Fridays during some special exhibitions (check with the museum), the museum is open until 20:00 (Last admission at 19:30).
Saturdays, Sundays and bank Holidays from April to September, the museum is open until 18:00 (Last admission at 17:30).

Closed: Mondays and December 28 - January 1 (If national holiday falls on Monday, the museum is open on the holiday and is closed the next day, Tuesday)
Admission:
Adult: 420 Yen, 600 Yen from October 1, 2006
College students: 130 Yen, 400 Yen from October 1, 2006
High/ Junior high/Elementary school students: Free
Access: 10 minutes from Ueno or Uguisudani JR Station 15 minutes from Ueno Station on Ginza or Hibiya Metro Line
15 minutes from Nezu Station on Chiyoda Metro Line 15 minutes from Keisei Ueno Station on Keisei Line

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The National Museum of Western Art

7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: 03-3828-5131
Site: The National Museum of Western Art

The museum was established in 1959 and it displays pre-18th century paintings, including those by Ritzos, Van Cleve, Veronese, Rubens, Van Ruysdael and Ribera, 19th to early 20th century French paintings, including works by Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Moreau, and also works by the next generation of artists, such as Marquet, Picasso, Soutin, Ernst, Miro, Dubuffet and Pollock.In the museum shop you can buy very cheap reprodactions of the paintings you just saw.

Opening Hours:
9:00 - 17:00 (Last admissions: 16:30)
Friday 9:00 - 20:00 (Last admissions: 19:30)
Closed: Mondays and December 28 - January 1 (If national holiday falls on Monday, the museum is open on the holiday and is closed the next day, Tuesday)
Admission:
Adult: 420 Yen
College students: 130 Yen
High school students: 70 Yen
Junior high school students or younger and those over 65: Free

Free admission: Second and the fourth Saturdays of each month, and November 3.(For Museum Collection only)
Access: 5 minutes walk from Koen Exit (Park Exit) - JR Ueno Station
10 minutes walk from Ueno Station - Ginza and Hibiya Lines
10 minutes walk from Ueno Station - Keisei Line

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