U.S. News Insider Tip: Take a 20-minute walk northwest of Ueno Park to the more than 100,000-square-foot Yanaka Cemetery, the first public burial ground in Tokyo and an oasis of foliage and historical ...

Japan’s oldest zoo, established in 1882, is also Tokyo’s most popular, thanks mainly to its central location in Ueno Park and its range of beasts, including a giant panda and a Sumatran tiger. You’ll ...

Legions of panda lovers finally got their first in-person look at giant panda cub Xiang Xiang on Dec. 19, as the rambunctious critter had her public debut at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo's Taito ...

Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang stands on her hind legs in her enclosure at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Dec. 9, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Zoological Park Society) Ueno ...

Anyone who’s been to Ueno knows about the pandas in Ueno Zoo – their faces are on everything from clothing to cakes. Now these furry local superstars have a spacious new enclosure to call home. The ...

It was full of panda before that, but due to the birth of a baby panda "Shan Shan", panda was overflowing in Ueno. The unprecedented panda fever. To see Shan Shan in Ueno Zoo, you need a ticket, but ...

TOKYO – A month ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the city has another reason to celebrate – giant panda Shin Shin has given birth to twin cubs at Ueno Zoo, the first panda birth there in four ...

People hearing nature's call near Ueno Zoo in Tokyo can now seek inspiration from some of the institution's finest animals. Those who use the redesigned public restroom in Ueno Park and grace its ...

Ueno Zoo staff spread a net to catch a fake zebra as it strolls in the zoo park during the annual exercise for runaway animals. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog ...

TOKYO — Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names Friday — Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. They were chosen from hundreds of thousands of ...

A giant panda has given birth to twin cubs at a Japanese zoo. Shin Shin gave birth to the cubs on Wednesday, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo announced. It is the first panda birth there in four years. The sex of the ...