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Shinobazu Pond

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Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Shinobazu Pond
Phone:
+81 3-3828-5644

Address:
Ueno Park, Taito 110-0007, Tokyo Prefecture

The Shinobazu Pond is a pond within Ueno Park , 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 shōguns, 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.
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