Ueno

There is a lot to do in Ueno! There are multiple museums, temples, shrines, parks, a zoo, etc. I went to the zoo and a shopping district nearby. At the zoo I saw pandas, peacocks, a polar bear (on fake ice smh), red pandas (which look more like red raccoons to me), gorrilas, etc. I also got to see the most random artifacts (well I thought they were random). There was a Thai shrine given as a gift to Japan's emperor and a five story pagoda. Strangely enough, no one has been able to tell me what significance pagodas have in Japanese culture. The only useful thing I've heard is - it's originally Chinese. Go figure.