Cleaning a pond＠ Inokashira Park: Jan. 26, 2014

Cleaning up of a big pond is, of course, a hectic job. It is now under way in Inokashira Park in western Tokyo. I visited there.

The pond was about to dry up. The bottom had appeared for the most part of the pond.

Hundreds of boats were on the pond when it had water (see the picture taken in May, 2010). 

Duck boats were placed in lines on the dry-up pond bottom today. Other boats were on the land. 

Bicycles, chairs and other junks were found (oh my god!). It was difficult to refrain from making any comment on the moral of people (^^).

Fish, turtle and other water creatures were captured. They are sorted and some of them were displayed to public.

Some creatures are Japanese origin whereas others are foreign origin. Aliens, such as black bass and snapping turtles, have become dominant in the pond, which would jeopardize the lives of Japanese-origin fish and other water creatures.

The administration plans to return only Japanese-origin creatures to the pond after cleaning. It is to keep original ecological system.

The pond was clean and people took drinking water through aqueduct from Inokashira pond in the Edo era. It was still clean and people could see the bottle 50 years ago. It became dirty after 1960s.

The cleaning was planned to recover the clean water and original eco system.