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Taitō-ku, Japan
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2-1 Uenokōen, Taitō-ku, Tōkyō-to 110-0007, Japan
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N35° 42' 39.67" E139° 46' 14.7"
(35.711019444444, 139.77075)
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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.
