Ueno
Park is a spacious public park in the Ueno district
of Taito, Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1873 on
lands formerly belonging to the temple of Kanei-ji. Amongst the
country's first public parks, it was founded following the western
example as part of the borrowing and assimilation of international
practices that characterizes the early Meiji period.
The
people who prefer to go a trip, I would like to suggest that the Ueno Park
which located in Japan is most attractive place for relaxation. There are a lot
of natural features which could make the tourist to be excited. The park has some
8,800 trees, including Ginkgo biloba, Cinnamomum camphora, Zelkova serrata,
Formosan cherry, Somei-Yoshino cherry, and Japanese cherry. There
is a further 24,800 m2 of shrubs. Shinobazu Pond is a small lake with an
area of 16 ha, extensive lotus beds, and marshland. It provides an important
wintering ground for birds. Species commonly found include the Tufted Duck,
Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Common Pochard, Little Grebe, Great Egret,
and Great Cormorant. The Baer's Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, and American Wigeon
have also been recorded. The
central island houses a shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of fortune, modelled on Chikubu
Island in Lake Biwa. The area was once full of "rendezvous
teahouses", equivalent of the modern love hotel. After the Pacific War the
pond was drained and used for the cultivation of cereals and subsequently there
were plans to turn the site into a baseball stadium or multi-storey carpark. 
The
lotus pond was restored in 1949, although much of it was again accidentally
drained in 1968 during work on a new subway line. In
all there are some eight hundred cherry trees in the park, although with the
inclusion of those belonging to the Tōshō-gū shrine, temple buildings, and
other neighbouring points the total reaches some twelve hundred. Inspired, Matsuo
Bashō wrote "cloud of blossoms - is the temple bell from Ueno or
Asakusa"
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