Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga, Japan.
On March 20, 2006 the town of Shiga, from Shiga District, was merged into Ōtsu.
As of February 2007 the city has an estimated population of 329,355 with an average age of 40.7 years (15.42% of whom are under 15 and 16.81% are over 65) and a population density of 880.49 persons per km². The total area is 374.06 km².
In the years 667 to 672, the Ōmi Ōtsu Palace was founded by Emperor Tenji. ...
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Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga, Japan.
On March 20, 2006 the town of Shiga, from Shiga District, was merged into Ōtsu.
As of February 2007 the city has an estimated population of 329,355 with an average age of 40.7 years (15.42% of whom are under 15 and 16.81% are over 65) and a population density of 880.49 persons per km². The total area is 374.06 km².
In the years 667 to 672, the Ōmi Ōtsu Palace was founded by Emperor Tenji. In the 12th century, the Battle of Awazu occurred in southern Ōtsu, during which Kiso Yoshinaka was killed.
During the Edo Period, the poet Matsuo Bashō frequented Ōtsu and took on apprentices such as Kyoroku. After making his Oku no Hosomichi journey, Bashō spent 4 months at Genjū-an (幻住庵) in Ōtsu. He now lies buried at Gichū-ji (義仲寺) with Minamoto no Yoshinaka.
On 11 May 1891, the Ōtsu incident, a failed assassination attempt on Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia (later Tsar Nicholas II), occurred.
The city was founded on October 1,...
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