Ōtsu, Shiga
Appearance
Ōtsu
大津 | |
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大津市 · Ōtsu City | |
Coordinates: 35°1′N 135°51′E / 35.017°N 135.850°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kansai |
Prefecture | Shiga |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kenji Sato |
Area | |
• Total | 464.10 km2 (179.19 sq mi) |
Population (August 1, 2011) | |
• Total | 336,430 |
Symbols | |
• Tree | Prunus serrulata |
• Flower | Viola eizanensis |
• Bird | Black-headed Gull |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
City hall address | 3-1 Goryō-chō, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-8575 |
Website | www |
Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is a city in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. It is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture.[1]
It has been recognized as a core city since 2009.[2]
History
[change | change source]Ōtsu was the site of an Imperial palace from 667 to 672. Emperor Tenji lived in Ōtsu.[3]
In the Edo period, Ōtsu was one of fifty-three shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[4]
Geography
[change | change source]Ōtsu is on the south shore of Lake Biwa.
Gallery
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Ōtsu by Hiroshige
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōtsu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 765; "Kansai" at p. 477.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ōtsu-no-miya" at p. 477.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Otsu, Shiga at Wikimedia Commons
- Ōtsu City website Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine