Touganeya Hotel

Ueno & Yanesen


A short walk from Ueno Station, this business hotel is a convenient base, close by Ueno sights. Rooms are basic and fairly charmless, though the common areas are done up with attractive Japanese touches and there's a friendly welcome.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ueno & Yanesen attractions

1. Ameya-yokochō

0.22 MILES

One of Tokyo's few remaining open-air markets, Ameya-yokochō got its start as a black market, post-WWII, when American goods (which included ameya – candy…

2. Saigō Takamori Statue

0.23 MILES

Near the southern entrance to Ueno-kōen is this unconventional statue of a samurai walking his dog. Saigō Takamori started out supporting the Meiji…

3. Kiyōmizu Kannon-dō

0.27 MILES

Kiyōmizu Kannon-dō is one of Tokyo's oldest structures: established in 1631 and in its present position since 1694, it has survived every disaster that…

4. Shitamachi Museum

0.3 MILES

This small museum recreates life in the plebeian quarters of Tokyo during the Meiji and Taishō periods (1868–1926), before the city was twice destroyed by…

5. National Museum of Western Art

0.33 MILES

The permanent collection here runs from medieval Madonna-and-child images to 20th-century abstract expressionism, but is strongest in French impressionism…

6. National Museum of Nature & Science

0.37 MILES

The Japan Gallery here showcases the rich and varied wildlife of the Japanese archipelago, from the bears of Hokkaidō to the giant beetles of Okinawa…

7. Gojōten-jinja

0.37 MILES

This Inari shrine inside Ueno-kōen is most noteworthy for its photogenic succession of torii gates, which form a vermilion tunnel. This feature is typical…

8. Benten-dō

0.38 MILES

Take a stroll down the causeway leading to the island on which Benten-dō stands. The temple is dedicated to Benzaiten, the Buddhist goddess of the arts,…