Leisure Concierge｜Mitsui Garden Hotel Ueno

Explore the neighborhood with our staff recommendations

Our recommended attractions in the hotel vicinity include great restaurants you won’t find in any guide books, fantastic but unknown tourist spots, popular souvenir shops and more.

Explore “shitamachi” (traditional downtown) cuisine

Niku no Oyama

Devour delicious meat for a reasonable price
This popular restaurant is directly managed by a meat wholesaler. The most popular item on the menu is the crisp and juicy “Yamitsuki Menchi Katsu,” an addictively tasty deep-fried breaded minced meat cutlet (120 yen). Enjoy their superb menchi katsu together with a beer in the restaurant or food court. You might also want to do some souvenir shopping.

Access: Approx. 5 min. walk from the hotel
Opening Hours: Sundays and holidays: 11:00-22:00 (Last order 21:00)
Closed January 1
Website: http://www.ohyama.com/

Explore “shitamachi” (traditional downtown) cuisine

Hyakka-en

Enjoy shopping for fairly-priced seasonal fruits
Fresh seasonal fruits are available here at a reasonable price. You can find pre-cut ready-to-eat pieces of pineapple, melon, and watermelon, as well as skewered strawberries sold for as little as 100-200 yen. It is the perfect place to stroll around snacking.

Access: Approx. 6 min. walk from the hotel
Opening Hours: 10:00～19:00
Closed: Wednesdays (Closes on Thursday when the preceding Wednesday is a public holiday)

Enjoy culture

Yushima Tenmangu Shrine

Home to the god of learning
Tenmangu is a shinto shrine that enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the kami (god) of learning. It is one of three great Tenjin shrines – shrines dedicated to Michizane – in the Kanto region and becomes crowded with students and their families who pray for success in school entrance exams. In addition to benefitting study, praying at this shrine is said to bring good luck, assist with winning, support romantic matchmaking and happy marriage, and improve one’s crafting abilities.

Access: Approx. 18 min. walk from the hotel
Opening Hours: 6:00～20:00
Website: http://www.yushimatenjin.or.jp/

Enjoy Ueno!

Suzumoto Entertainment Theater

Theater presenting Rakugo events and many other performances
This historical theater that has been in business for 150 years is furnished with 285 seats that have tables attached so you can enjoy food and drinks brought from home! The wide variety of performances include Rakugo and Manzai, two traditional forms of Japanese comedy, as well as acrobatics.

Access: Approx. 10 min. walk from the hotel
Opening Hours: Afternoon session: 12:30-16:30
Evening session: 17:30-20:40
Closed: Dec. 29-31, other irregular holidays
Website: http://www.rakugo.or.jp/

Head out shopping

Ameyoko

Bustling shopping street packed with stores
Ameyoko is a bustling shopping street famous for fish and crabs. Here you can hear vendors hawking their goods and preparing the produce for sale. In addition to fresh foods, there are a numbers of stores selling shoes, clothes, and sundries. Enjoy shopping around the stalls and eating delicious purchases while on the move.

Access: Approx. 7 min. walk from the hotel
Website: http://www.ameyoko.net/

Head out shopping

Ecute Ueno

Convenient commercial facility easily accessed from the station
This commercial facility is located inside the ticket gates on the 3rd floor of Ueno station. Frequented by all kinds of customers, including commuters and students as well as those shopping for pleasure, this complex houses 75 shops, ranging from delicatessens and confectioners to general stores, restaurants and ticket shops.

Access: Approx. 4 min. walk from the hotel
Opening Hours: 8:00～22:00(Open until 22:30 on Fridays, 21:00 on Sundays and Holidays)
Website: http://www.ecute.jp/ueno/