Ueno

We are in the middle of the museum area called Ueno which is a great base for exploring.

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Here, Ueno Zoo officials inspected the pandas at the Narita international airport.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

Two new stars made their debut appearance at central Tokyo's Ueno Zoo Friday, drawing thousands of fans on the animal attraction park's first day of reopening since the March 11 disaster.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

Toru Hanai/Reuters Before they arrived in Japan, Ueno Zoo had been collected suggestions for Japanese names for the pandas, whose Chinese names are Bi Li and Xian Nu.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

Here, pandas characters at the Ueno Zoo on Feb. 21.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

Here, people passed by a construction site at the zoo showing a painted panda holding a sign reading 'Pandas are coming to Ueno' on Feb. 21.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

Issei Kato/Reuters The rare attraction, added to the arrival of cherry blossoms in nearby Ueno Park, provided a chance for some Tokyoites to relax in the spring sunshine and put the ongoing nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi, about 120 miles 200 kilometers away, to the back of their minds.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

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Here, Japanese men dressed in panda costumes held placards reading Xian Nu and Bi Li at Ueno Zoo on Feb. 22.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011