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Otsu

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location_on Shiga, Japan
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Otsu is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Otsu is known as the principle port of Lake Biwa, the biggest lake in Japan. It quickly filled in as the capital of Japan from 667 to 672 AD amid the Asuka time frame 538 – 710. The city is home to various destinations of verifiable significance, outstandingly the sanctuaries of Mii-dera, Ishiyama-dera, and Enryaku-ji and the Hiyoshi Taisha sanctuary. Enryaku-ji is a piece of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Noteworthy Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities". As of October 1, 2017, the city has an expected populace of 341,187 and a populace thickness of 730 people for each km2. Otsu is situated at the southwest of Shiga Prefecture.

The city is "L"- molded and extends along the southwest shore of Lake Biwa, Japan's biggest lake. Otsu ranges from the thickly populated alluvium despondencies close to the shore of Lake Biwa to inadequately populated sloping and rugged territories toward the west Hira Mountains and Mount Hiei and south of the city. Otsu was truly noted for the creation of a few items, including Otsu-e, a type of people drawing acquired by voyagers in the Edo time frame; the Otsu soroban, a math device utilized generally in Japan from the mid seventeenth century; Zeze-yaki and konan-yaki, types of earthenware production delivered in the Edo time frame; and Zeze-cha, the principal Japanese tea to be sent out to the United States.

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