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Tokyo Metropolitan
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Art Museum
MAP F1 • 8-36 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku
• 3823-6921 • Open 9:30am–5:30pm
Tue–Sun • Adm • www.tobikan.jp
Designed by architect Kunio Maekawa,
this red-brick building's sunken,
partially underground floors may
not be the perfect place to pre sent
art, but the exhibits are always
interesting. The main hall shows an
eclectic mix, ranging from Japanese
flower arrangements and ink-brush
works, to contemporary installations.
Tokyo National Museum
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This acclaimed museum is the
centerpiece of Ueno Park. Its exhibits Telescope, National Science Museum
National Science
are divided between four main 4
galleries: the Honkan gallery displays a Museum
permanent collection of Japanese arts MAP F1 • 7-20 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku
and archeology; the Toyokan features • 3822-0111 • Open 9am–5pm
arts and crafts from Asia, with an Tue–Sun • Adm
emphasis on Chinese, Central Asian, A giant whale model outside the
and Korean objects; the Heiseikan building announces this enormous
houses ancient archeological museum, which is divided into the
objects, including pottery and burial original, reno vated section and a
statues; and the Gallery of Horyu-ji newer annex. Older displays and
Treasures is home to a permanent exhibits of dinosaurs, asteroids,
collec tion of pre cious religious fossils, and a reconstructed house
artifacts. Also within the complex is the made from mammoth tusks vie
Hyokeikan, a fine example of Meiji- with modern touch-screen panels,
era architecture (see pp24–7). video displays, and models.
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