Ōmi Kokuchō

The Ōmi Provincial Capital ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now the Ōe neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.

Photo: Saigen Jiro, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seta and 瀬田南小学校.

Seta

Railway station

Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seta Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company. Seta is situated 1½ km north of Ōmi Kokuchō.

瀬田南小学校

School

Photo: イココ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

瀬田南小学校 is a school, which is situated 500 metres west of Ōmi Kokuchō.

Karahashimae Station

Railway station

Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.

Karahashimae Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. Karahashimae Station is situated 1½ km west of Ōmi Kokuchō.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kusatsu and Yamashina-ku.

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.

Yamashina-ku

Suburb

Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Yamashina is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It lies in the southeastern part of the city, and Yamashina Station is one stop away from Kyoto Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. Yamashina-ku is situated 10 km west of Ōmi Kokuchō.

Ōmi Kokuchō

Type: Archaeological site
Description: historic site in Shiga, Japan
Categories: kokuga, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Otsu, Shiga, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.97389° or 34° 58′ 26″ north

Longitude

135.92066° or 135° 55′ 14″ east

Open location code

8Q6QXWFC+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5862959985

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q11638479

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In Other Languages

“Ōmi Kokuchō” goes by many names.

Japanese: “近江国庁跡”
Japanese: “近江国府”

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