A natural pond with a circumference of about 1.5 km located to the northwest of Kamigamo Shrine, forming a mysterious wetland. At its center floats a 'ukishima' (floating island) — a colony of aquatic plants including Menyanthes trifoliata, white water lily, and small cranberry, all glacial relict species, earning the pond designation as a National Natural Monument. Academically significant for it…

Fukamidoike is a natural wetland pond located in the northern part of the Kyoto Basin, to the northwest of Kamigamo Shrine. Its ecological origins are considered ancient, with vegetation believed to date back to the glacial period. By the Heian period (794–1185), the pond was already regarded as a s…