Ueno Frontier Tower
- Published on : 25/11/2017
- by : Japan Experience
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Ueno Frontier Tower in Taito ward, Tokyo, houses the 6-floor Parco_ya Ueno shopping center and the 3-floor Toho Cinemas Ueno complex.
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Ueno Frontier Tower is a stylish 22-floor commercial building in Ueno, Tokyo, whose first 10 floors house a shopping and entertainment complex containing the Parco_ya Ueno department store, the Toho Cinemas Ueno, and, on the B1 floor, part of the adjoining Matsuzakaya Ueno department store.
Ueno Frontier Tower, Ueno
Entrance to Parco_ya Ueno Department Store, Ueno Frontier Tower
Ueno Frontier Tower opened in November 2017, making it a new presence in Ueno and Okachimachi shopping.
Parco_ya Ueno
Parco_ya Ueno occupies floors 1 to 6 of Ueno Frontier Tower, and is one of the several Parco shopping centers throughout Japan. Parco_ya Ueno's almost 70 stores include fashion and cosmetics, jewelry, personal care boutiques, eyewea, beauty salons, cafes, bars, and, on the 6th floor, several restaurants, serving cuisines including tempura, sushi and yakiniku.
Floors 3 and 6 of Parco_ya Ueno have connecting passageways to floors 3 and 7 respectively of the neighboring Matsuzakaya department store.
There is a nursing room for mothers on the 3F, and a smoking room (open 10am-11pm) on the 6F.
Parco_ya Ueno hours: 10am-8pm; 6F (restaurants) 11am-11pm. There is a sweets bar on the 1F that opens 7am-2am, and a cafe that opens 8am-10pm.
Front of Parco_ya Ueno Department Store, Ueno Frontier Tower
Matsuzakaya Department Store
The basement floor of Ueno Frontier Tower also connects to the basement floor of Matsuzakaya, and is an extension (annex) of Matsuzakaya. The focus of the B1 floor is footwear and shoes, mainly for women.
Toho Cinemas Ueno
Toho Cinemas Ueno is on floors 7 to 10 of Ueno Frontier Tower, above Parco_ya Ueno. The three floors have a total of eight screens, and 1,440 seats in all.
Toho Cinemas Ueno opens from between 8am and 9am, depending on the day, and the last screening finishes as late as half past midnight.
Park Place 24 Parking Building
Park Place 24 is a 24-hour parking building right next to Ueno Frontier Tower, with a 310-car capacity.
Floors 3 and 6 of Parco_ya Ueno have connecting passageways to floors 3 and 7 respectively of Park Place 24.
Approaching Parco_ya Ueno Department Store in Ueno Frontier Tower
Access
Ueno Frontier Tower is accessed from the following stations:
JR Okachimachi Station, Yamanote Line & Keihin-Tohoku Line (3 minute walk)
Ueno-Hirokoji Station, Ginza Subway Line (1 minute walk)
Ueno-Okachimachi Station, Oedo Subway Line (1 minute walk)
Naka-Okachimachi Station, Hibiya Subway Line (5 minutes walk)
Yushima Station, Chiyoda Subway Line (5 minutes walk)
Keisei Ueno Station, Keisei Line (6 minutes walk)
3-24-6 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 〒110-0005
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Nearby
Ueno Frontier Tower with its Parco_ya Ueno and Matsuzakaya department stores and its Toho Cinemas Ueno is a central part of the Ueno and Okachimachi shopping scene. 10 minutes walk east is Ueno Park with its numerous museums and temples, and about 15 minutes walk around Shinobazu Pond is Ueno Zoo.
