Ueno Zoological Gardens

About

The East Garden has the "Gorilla and Tiger Forest", "Elephant Forest", "Bears' Hill", "Polar Bear and Seal Sea" and more. The West Garden has giraffes, hippos, rhinos, shoebills and more, as well as the Small Mammal House, the Vivarium (amphibians and reptiles), and the "Children's Zoo Step", centered on domestic animals

Fees

Groups (20 or more): general ¥480, age 65 and over ¥240, junior high school students ¥160. Annual passport: general (high school students and older) ¥2,400, age 65 and over ¥1,200. Free admission days: the zoo's anniversary (March 20), Greenery Day (May 4) and Tokyo Citizens' Day (October 1). On Children's Day (May 5), all junior high school students are free. Date-specified online tickets are available. There is no parking

Hours and closing days

9:30 to 17:00 (entry and ticket sales until 1 hour before closing)

Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday or substitute holiday, the next day), New Year period (December 29 to January 1). It may open on some Mondays

Going with young children

Stroller rental available (East Garden: in front of the Main Gate; West Garden: in front of the Benten Gate and beside the Ikenohata Gate; beside the Ikenohata Gate on weekends and holidays only. ¥500 per stroller per day, cash only. B-type stroller, for about 7 months to 4 years old, weighing up to about 18 kg). There are 3 nursing rooms in the zoo (with nursing chairs, hot water for formula and baby beds), and an outdoor simple nursing room "mamaro" in front of the General Information Center (no hot water dispenser for formula). Baby beds for diaper changing are in the zoo's toilets (not in some men's toilets) and in the nursing spaces. There is one children's toilet in the "Children's Zoo Step" in the West Garden. Children's toilet seats are in the zoo's toilets

Location

9-83 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo

• 5-minute walk from the "Park Exit" of JR Ueno Station (Main Gate)
• 5-minute walk from the "Shinobazu Exit" of JR Ueno Station
• 4-minute walk from Keisei Ueno Station, Keisei Electric Railway
• 8-minute walk from Ueno Station, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Hibiya Line
• 10-minute walk from Ueno-okachimachi Station, Toei Oedo Line
• 5-minute walk from Nezu Station, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line