A very busy area with lots of shopping, eating and drinking places, Pachinko parlours. We found a bar up steep stair for couple of beers. Walk around soak up atmosphere. We found a reasonably priced bar restaurant, had good snacks and enjoyable saki, young staff pleasant and a little understanding of English . Went twice in same day. Went looking for it when we returned to Tokyo after 12 days unfortunately no luck, streets too busy to see up and down each one.

Usual bustle. Cool sunny weather makes it nice to walk around. Cater to tourists so beware. We ate at an eatery with seats and selling skewed/BBQ seafood. It has a ¥490 table charge pax on top of food/drinks. Sashima was precut & placed in a huge plastic tub. Th prawn & octopus are ok. The beef skewers was tasteless & cold. (posted the shopfront photo) Went to Sundrug store (near Ueno Stn/Park, see map). Avoid this store. The cashier secretly threw in a coin purse (¥390) and charged us for it, while packing the items into the duty.free bag. The sale discounts are not applicable to all items. Do count yr items & check against yr bill.

Easy access from Ueno station. Multiple streets run under the train lines & have loads of quirky shops, great for that typical Japan item. Wander & explore - make sure you go up & down the various streets. Loads of tat shops but between them you can find a unique gem. Also, make sure you visit the shrine hidden down a side street

It was extremely crowded on a Saturday, as there were quite a lot of small food stalls and restaurants, bars, markets and souvenir shops. Prices weren't that bad but be careful on your restaurant selection cos quality can be worse than 7/11. It's worth a visit but I would rather go shopping or eat in malls.

I enjoyed browsing this area of Tokyo. It's quite characterful with lots of small shops and market like places selling everything you can think of. There are lots of restaurants too that had huge queues of local people (so I assume they were really good!). It was quite busy in some streets but not packed like other areas of Tokyo where you can't move for other people. Some things seemed very cheap so it's a good area if you are looking to do some shopping.

An incredible labyrinth of lanes and sidewalks lined with mixed shops each with staff spruiking their products. We enjoyed this place as we found a great seafood/bar that served great oysters and sake. Also enjoyed nearby confectionery stalls in a large department store. It’s a vibrant spot but not an early start most shops open at 11 some even at 12 noon

Decent value seafood options (including more exotic stuff like shirako, monkfish liver, etc). Has most of the same snacks as in Harajuku apart from crepes. Also some Pachinko and arcade stuff, but not intuitive how to use for foreigners. Felt a little less sanitary in general than other places I've been in Tokyo, but the food still seemed high quality.