Kusatsu

Kusatsu is a suburb in Kusatsu Shi, Shiga. Kusatsu is situated nearby to the neighborhood Oji 1-chome, as well as near the locality Karasuma Peninsula.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kusatsu-Juku Honjin and Kusatsu-juku.

Kusatsu-Juku Honjin

Museum

Photo: Suikotei, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kusatsu-Juku Honjin is a museum.

Kusatsu-juku was the fifty-second of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō as well as the sixty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the downtown area of the present-day city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Kusatsu Station

Railway station

Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kusatsu Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kusatsu and Karasuma Peninsula.

Kusatsu

Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.

Kusatsu is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The city lies on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 139,913 in 63,942 households and a population density of 2100 persons per km2.

Karasuma Peninsula

Locality

Photo: Haruno Akiha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Karasuma Peninsula is a locality, which is situated 6 km north of Kusatsu.

Otsu

Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

Ōtsu is the capital of Shiga prefecture. Enryaku-ji, a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei overlooking Kyoto, is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history.

Kusatsu

Type: Suburb
Also known as: “草津”
Category: locality
Location: Kusatsu Shi, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.01791° or 35° 1′ 5″ north

Longitude

135.96046° or 135° 57′ 38″ east

Open location code

8Q7Q2X96+55

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3892620366

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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In Other Languages

“Kusatsu” goes by many names.

Japanese: “くさつ”

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Localities in the Area

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