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Otsu Travel Guide: 23 reviews and 36 photos

The city in the shore of the biggest lake in Japan

Otsu is the capital and largest city in the Shiga prefecture. This prefecture is famous for Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. It quiet place, if you expect a metropolitan place you will not find here. However this city is near to Osaka and Kyoto,only around 1 hour and 20 minutes respectively by train.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:quiet, clean, near Lake Biwa,beautiful sightseeing
  • Cons:not proper for people who likes to stay in big city
  • In a nutshell:The south gate of Lake Biwa
  • Last visit to Otsu: Feb 2005
  • Intro Updated Sep 2, 2005
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