The pond fills the center of the garden, with a path running all around it. There are 3 islets and an assembly house on the edge of the water. In the past the water was drawn from the Sumida River but the pond today must rely on rain water.
View of Matsushima Island with the Taisho Kinenkan behind, taken from Kiyosumi-en-ki approximately
Matsushima Island from the opposite side of the pond
There are lots of wild birds year round at Kiyosumi including Dabchick, Doves, Bulbuls, Azure-winged Magpies, Starlings, Japanese Great Tits, Gray Heron, Night Heron, Japanese Cormorant and Black-headed Gulls. Swallows and Little Terns arrive in summer and Tufted Ducks (see photo above), Diving Ducks (Pochard), Northern Pintails and Eurasian Widgeon spend the winter.
Ryotei assembly house and birds