Ameyoko Market stalls
Ueno, Tokyo
Ameyoko is the open-air market under the JR tracks at Ueno. Food vendors sell dried fish, seafood, takoyaki and cheap sushi next to the permanent shops, and it's one of the loudest, most chaotic streets in the city.
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Insider tip
The hawkers still shout their prices. Come for cheap sushi and street octopus balls, and to have a look around. It's busiest just before New Year.
What the guides say about Ameyoko Market stalls
The station blocks on the east and south sides are commercial and loud in the daytime. Ameya-yokocho runs beside and under the Yamanote tracks toward Okachimachi, selling dried fish, spices and sneakers, and its street stalls and izakaya keep going after the rest of the district has closed. Most of the chain hotels are here.
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Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Ameyoko Market stalls, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
PERSONA 30th EX. (Persona series 30th anniversary exhibition)
PERSONA 30th EX.
Time Hours to be announced Station Ueno (JR), park exit, 3 min walk
An exhibition for the 30th anniversary of Atlus's Persona role-playing games, across both floors of the Ueno Royal Museum in Ueno Park. Tickets and hours aren't announced yet.
45th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition
第45回 上野の森美術館大賞展
Station Ueno (JR Park exit), 3 min walk
An open-call painting exhibition of selected and prize-winning entries, shown together with the previous year's prize winners' exhibition in the museum gallery.
European Masterpieces from the Cincinnati Art Museum
シンシナティ美術館展 アメリカに渡ったヨーロッパの至宝
Time 10:00 to 17:00, last entry 16:30
A touring show of 84 works from the Cincinnati Art Museum, with paintings by Corot, Cezanne and Monet. Most of them are being shown in Japan for the first time. It opens every day of the run, including New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
VOCA (The Vision of Contemporary Art)
VOCA展 現代美術の展望―新しい平面の作家たち
Time See the museum's page (2026 edition ran daily) Station Ueno (JR lines, Park exit), 3 min walk
Yearly survey of young Japanese painters and flat-work artists, each nominated by a curator or critic, with the VOCA prize winners.
Yushima Tenjin Ume Matsuri
湯島天神梅まつり
Station Yushima (Chiyoda Line), 2 min walk
About 300 plum trees, most of them white late-blooming varieties, flower in the grounds of this shrine to the god of scholarship, with weekend outdoor tea ceremonies and performances. Students praying for exam success crowd the shrine at the same time, so the atmosphere is part festival, part study hall.
bethom33, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Street kamishibai and curator talks at the Shitamachi Museum (Kata Koji mural exhibition) Performance
24 to 25 Oct · Shitamachi Museum, 3F exhibition room, Ueno Park
Last events of the exhibition on Kata Koji mural Asakusa Big Parade (Asakusa stars): a gallery talk, then storyteller Morishita Masaki performing the Golden Bat picture-card story.
With museum admission, no booking printed · 24 Oct: talk 14:00 (30 min); 25 Oct: kamishibai and talk 13:00 and 15:00; 1 Nov: kamishibai 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00 · Map · Source: Taito City (Taito Arts and Culture Foundation) · 企画展関連イベント 街頭紙芝居実演・ギャラリートーク（したまちミュージアム）
Street Kamishibai Performance by Morishita Masaki Performance
Sun 25 Oct · Shitamachi Museum, Asakusa
A street kamishibai performance by Morishita Masaki, followed by a curator's exhibition talk, linked to the Asakusa Big Parade exhibition.
Map · Source: Taito City museums (Taito Arts and Culture Foundation) · 企画展関連イベントのお知らせ 森下昌毅さんによる街頭紙芝居実演
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Around Ueno
Museums, market chaos, and Tokyo's great public park
Ueno does double duty. On one side you've got the park with its museums, its shrine, and some of the most famous cherry blossoms in Japan. On the other you've got Ameyoko, a market street that still runs on shouting and cash. Do both in one day and it's one of the best free-ish days out in Tokyo.
Ueno has 12 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 3 museums, 3 bathhouses, 2 shrines and temples, 2 parks and gardens, 1 restaurant and 1 market. Read the Ueno guide.
Good to know
- How do I get to Ameyoko Market stalls?
- The nearest station is Ueno (JR). Ameyoko Market stalls is in Ueno, Tokyo.
- How much does Ameyoko Market stalls cost?
- Ameyoko Market stalls is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Ameyoko Market stalls?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Ameyoko Market stalls?
- Late morning.
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