Ueno = Muy Bueno

One day, Daniel and I went to Ueno.
Ueno Station is large and interesting.

See this special train. It even has a screen on the front announcing how special it is. I forget what it's called/where it goes/what makes it so special.

This is a model of the inside of another special train. It's called the Cassiopeia...or Cornucopia...or Capricorn. It will be specifically for traveling from Ueno to Sapporo, in what appears to be extreme luxury.

Finally we decided to actually leave the station because Ueno is abound with parks, museums, a zoo, etc.

Here's one side of the Museum of Western Art, that we ended up going to because admission to the general exhibit was free that day.

People milling about, seeing the sights in Ueno!

Pretty path we started walking on.

And look who we came across! Why, it's...

Noguchi Hideyo! The man on the 1000-yen bill and the topic of the chapter we are studying in Japanese class! Hurrah! I can almost tell you his whole life story!

Trees on the path.

And more trees. So pretty.
Oh whale! Watch out for that tree! This was near the Museum of Nature and Science, so maybe that explains his presence.

And here's that museum! We ended up not going in because by the time we got there it was going to close in 2-3 hours, and we wanted to be able to spend more time than that after paying admission, so we're saving it for another day.

And an awesome train right next to it!

And here is inside the Western art museum. There was quite some old art there and some interesting pieces, but I think I became more interested in the building. I just felt, being in Japan, I don't need to see more Western art, especially when I've been to D.C.'s extensive galleries a number of times. I liked the Rembrandt paintings though. But it was free, and there still is a special exhibit section that we didn't see because of our general ticket. And Daniel touched a statue/sculpture. Tsk.

More inside the gallery.

Well, regrettably, I rather rushed Daniel through the art museum, but here's back outside!

Lots of trees. There'd probably be more people if the weather hadn't been so windy/cold.And a fountain.

This tree looked cool with all its twisting and bareness and being wrapped around everything.

And here's Mr. Blue Whale's friend, Mr. Blue Giraffe! Though he was in the middle of path and trees, so I don't know what his excuse is really. We may have been near the zoo.