Shinobazu Pond

The Shinobazu Pond (不忍池, Shinobazu no Ike^?) is a pond within Ueno Park (a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan), and a historically prominent Shitamachi feature often appearing in history and works of art. The park occupies the site of the former Kan'ei-ji, a temple closely associated with the Tokugawa shoguns, who had built it to guard Edo Castle against the northeast, a direction believed to be unlucky by traditional geomancy. The temple was destroyed during the Boshin War. The pond, although modified many times and even once drained, is natural.

Situated in the south of Ueno Park, the pond is divided in three sections (see map), one called Lotus Pond (蓮の池, Hasu no Ike^?) because of the plants that during the summer completely cover its surface, one called Boat Pond (ボートの池, Bōto no Ike^?) from the rental boats it hosts, and the third called Cormorant Pond (鵜の池, U no Ike^?), which lies within the limits of the Ueno Zoo and takes its name from the birds that inhabit it.

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