However, other people say that, since Ponto-cho is located between the Kamo-gawa River and the Takase-gawa River (Kyoto Prefecture), upon taking its landscape as Tsutsumi (levee), the name derives from a sound of Tsuzumi (hand drum), 'Pon,' using an analogy between Tsutsumi and Tsuzumi.
また、鴨川と高瀬川(京都府)に挟まれているため、堤であると捉え、鼓が「ポン」と鳴ることに掛けて、「ぽんと」となったという説もある。