Ueno Park
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Ueno Park (上野公園 Ueno Kōen) is a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It occupies the site of the former Kan'eiji, a temple closely associated with the Tokugawa shoguns, who had built the temple to guard Edo Castle against the northeast. The temple was destroyed during the Boshin War.
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A famous statue of Saigo Takamori walking his dog stands in this park.
Three museums (including the Tokyo National Museum and the Tokyo National Science Museum) and a concert hall, a Toshogu shrine, the Shinobazu Pond with its Benzaiten shrine, and the Ueno Zoo make this area a tourist and recreation area popular with both Japanese and foreigners.
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Ueno Park and its surroundings figure prominently in Japanese fiction, including Gan (The Wild Goose) by Mori Ogai.
Ueno park is also home of many homeless people in Tokyo [[1] (http://www.juergenspecht.com/documentations/?number=3)]