Otsu
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.
- City with about 343,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 130 metres (430 feet)
- Description: city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Otsu City”“Ōtsushi”“Ōtu”
- Neighbors
- Established: April 1, 1933
Places of Interest
Discover Ōtsu and Keihan-otsukyo.
Keihan-otsukyo
Keihan-otsukyo Station is a passenger railway station…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yamashina-ku.
Yamashina-ku
Yamashina is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Otsu
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Latitude
35.0178° or 35° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
135.8548° or 135° 51′ 17″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP OTU
Open location code
8Q7Q2V93+4W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Otsu” goes by many names.
أوتسوArabic
ՕցուArmenian
ŌtsuAsturian
OtsuAzerbaijani
Ōtsu, ShigaBalinese
ŌtsuBasque
ОцуBelarusian
ওৎসুBengali
ОцуBulgarian
ŌtsuCatalan
Ōtsu-shiCebuano
Ōtsu-shi (distrito)Cebuano
Ōtsu-shi (kapital sa prepektura)Cebuano
ОцуChechen
大津Chinese
大津市Chinese
OtsuCroatian
ÓcuCzech
OtsuDanish
OtsuDutch
اوتسوEgyptian Arabic
اوتسو, شيجاEgyptian Arabic
OcuEsperanto
OocuEsperanto
OotsuEsperanto
ŌtsuEstonian
ŌtsuFinnish
ŌtsuGalician
ΌτσουGreek
ઓટ્સુGujarati
אוצוHebrew
ओत्सुHindi
ÓcuHungarian
ŌtsuIndonesian
Ōtsu, ShigaIndonesian
ŌtsuIrish
ŌtsuItalian
Ōtsu-shiJapanese
おおつJapanese
オオツJapanese
おおつしJapanese
オオツシJapanese
大津Japanese
大津市Japanese
大津町Japanese
ಓಟ್ಸ್ಸುKannada
ОцуKazakh
ОцуKirghiz
오쓰Korean
오쓰 시Korean
오츠 시Korean
OcuLatvian
大津市Literary Chinese
ŌcuLithuanian
ŌtsuMalagasy
OtsuMalay
इट्सूMarathi
اتسو، شیگاMazanderani
Ōtsu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
ÔtuMin Nan Chinese
Ôtu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
ОцүMongolian
ŌtsuNorwegian
ŌtsuNorwegian Bokmål
اتسوPersian
اتسو، شیگاPersian
اوتسوPersian
ŌtsuPolish
ŌtsuRomanian
ОцуRussian
Оцу, СигаRussian
Сига ОцуRussian
ŌtsuSardinian
ŌtsuScots
OcuSerbian
ОцуSerbian
大津市Serbian
ŌtsuSerbo-Croatian
ඕට්සුSinhala
OcuSlovenian
اتسو، شیقاSouth Azerbaijani
OtsuSwahili
Otsu, ShigaSwahili
ŌtsuSwedish
ŌtsuTagalog
OtsuTajik
ОтсуTajik
ஓட்சுTamil
ОтсуTatar
ОцуTatar
ఓట్సుTelugu
โอตสึThai
โอสึThai
ŌtsuTumbuka
ŌtsuTurkish
ОцуUkrainian
اتسو، شیگاUrdu
ŌtsuVenetian
ŌtsuVietnamese
Ōtsu, ShigaVietnamese
ŌtsuWaray (Philippines)
ŌtsuWelsh
大津市Wu Chinese
大津Yue Chinese
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Localities in the Area
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