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Monet's Pond (Nameless Pond)

Monet's Pond (Nameless Pond)

名もなき池(通称:モネの池)

Gifu · Chubu

The pond sits in the precinct of Nemichi Shrine at Itadori in Seki, fed by groundwater clear enough to see straight to the bottom. Water lilies grow across it and koi hang in the water above their own shadows, which is where the nickname came from — it has no official name of its own. Morning light between about nine and eleven gives the clearest water.

Why we picked it

It is a roadside pond by a small shrine with a free car park, an hour into the mountains from Gifu, and it is genuinely nameless — there is no ticket office and nothing built around it.

Crowd level
Moderate
Rating
3.8· 9,838 reviews
Opening hours
Daily Open 24 hours

Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.

Admission
Free, with free parking.
Nearest station
Yasaka Station
Website
city.seki.lg.jp

Today

Open 24 hoursFree

Stored weekly hours

Daily Open 24 hours

How to get there

From Nagoya Station · ~1h 18m by car

Tags

lakeshrinephotographyspring water

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