Tokyo's most culturally loaded park is where museums, temples, a zoo, and a lotus-choked pond coexist in harmonious chaos. Wend your way south from the National Museum past centuries-old shrine gates and the golden splendor of Ueno Toshogu to Shinobazu Pond, where giant lotuses bloom in summer. In cherry-blossom season the central avenue becomes Tokyo's most famous hanami spot, with picnickers shoulder-to-shoulder under a canopy of pink. It's the city's democratic living room, where musicians, joggers, and temple-goers share the same green space.