Ueno Zoo – Free Admission Day

Name: Ueno Zoo – Free Admission Day
Start: 2018-03-20T09:00Z+09:00
End: 2018-03-20T17:00Z+09:00

9:00am – 5:00pm

Free

Ueno

Ueno Zoo is famous for its pandas but it has a wide range of other animals from tigers and gorillas to llamas and hamsters.

Luckily for cheapos there are three days a year that admission is free: March 20 (Ueno Zoo’s Anniversary Day), May 4 (Greenery Day), and October 1 (Tokyo Citizens’ Day).

(C.A.Miles)

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Dates

20th Mar, 2018

Start/End Time 9:00am – 5:00pm

Venue Ueno Park

Recommended hotel Tokyo Ueno New Izu Hotel

Entry Free

External link Official site

Area

Ueno

Closest station(s)

JR Ueno or Keisei-Ueno

Weather

Typical weather at this time:

High: 13 ºC Low: 7 ºC

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