Ueno Shitamachi Museum
In Brief
9:30am - 4pm
300
Allow 90 minutes
Closed: Monday, except on holidays; The day following a holiday; New Year holidays
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Updated 30 June 2020
About Ueno Shitamachi Museum
A museum dedicated to the 19th century history of the working-class Shitamachi (“low city”) district. Has a number of displays recreating different homes from between around 1860 to 1920.
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