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    Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of 343,991 in...
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    the west. Ōtsu is the capital and largest city of Shiga Prefecture, with other major cities including Kusatsu, Nagahama, and Higashiōmi. Shiga Prefecture...
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    village of Katata merged into the city of Ōtsu. 20/3/2006 - The town of Shiga merged into the city of Ōtsu. Shiga District was dissolved as a result of this...
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    Ōmi Ōtsu Palace (近江大津宮, Ōmi Ōtsu-no-miya) was an imperial palace built by Emperor Tenchi in Asuka Period Japan in what is now the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture...
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    Shiga was merged into the expanded city of Ōtsu. The original village called Shiga (滋賀 instead of 志賀) was slightly north of Ōtsu and merged with Ōtsu...
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    The Ōtsu incident (Japanese: 大津事件, Hepburn: Ōtsu Jiken) was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (later...
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    Sakamoto Castle (category Castles in Shiga Prefecture)
    Sakamoto-jō) was a lakeside castle in the Sengoku period, located in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Akechi Mitsuhide was the commander of the castle....
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  • Ōtsu is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan Ōtsu may also refer to: Ōtsu Station, a railway station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan Ōtsu District, Yamaguchi...
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    in three cities: Kyoto and Uji in Kyoto Prefecture; and Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture; Uji and Ōtsu border Kyoto to the south and north, respectively. Of the...
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    Ōtsu Station (大津駅, Ōtsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company...
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    is currently located in the present-day city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The road through Ōtsu-juku is flat and runs along the bank of Lake Biwa...
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    Biwako-Hamaōtsu-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric...
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  • Shiga Prefectural Ishiyama High School (Japanese: 滋賀県立石山高等学校) is a senior high school located in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. It is called Ishi-Kou as a term of...
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  • Shiga Lakes (滋賀レイクス), officially Shiga Lakestars, is a Japanese men's basketball team playing in the Western Conference of the B.League. They are based...
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    Shiga University of Medical Science (滋賀医科大学, Shiga Ika Daigaku) is a national university in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan, founded in 1974. Emi Nishimura Katsuo...
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    a Kofun period burial mound located in the Akibadai neighborhood of Ōtsu, Shiga in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National...
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    enemies were able to approach him and kill him.: 66  Yoshinaka was buried in Ōtsu, in Ōmi; a temple was built in his honor during the later Muromachi period...
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  • 660–661 Osaka, (Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace), 661–667 Ōtsu, Shiga (Ōmi Ōtsu Palace or Ōmi Ōtsu-no-miya), 667–672 in reign of Emperor Tenji and the reign...
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    Enryaku-ji (category Buildings and structures in Ōtsu)
    Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period...
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  • mound located between the Manotaniguchi neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga in the Kansai region of Japan. A portion of this tumuli cluster was designated...
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    to which many of Shiga's works are ascribed to. While working on Ōtsu Junkichi, Shiga had read the English translation of Anatole France's novel The Crime...
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  • is a Japanese football club based in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, although they also play matches in Ōtsu and Konan. They currently play in Japan Football...
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  • Pipi (footballer, born 2003) (category People from Ōtsu, Shiga)
    La Liga club Real Madrid and the Japan national team. Pipi was born in Shiga, Japan, and was spotted by Spanish giants Real Madrid while playing in one...
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    Katata Station (category Railway stations in Ōtsu)
    (堅田駅, Katata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West)...
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    Miidera Station (category Railway stations in Ōtsu)
    Miidera-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric...
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  • Takayuki Omi (近江 孝行, Ōmi Takayuki, born October 6, 1982 in Ōtsu, Shiga) is a Japanese footballer who last played for Air India FC. Started playing soccer...
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  • Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team) (category Sports clubs and teams in Shiga Prefecture)
    Toray Arrows (東レ・アローズ) is a women's volleyball team based in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 2000. The owner...
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    Minami-Shiga Station (南滋賀駅, Minami-Shiga-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private...
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  • The 2023–24 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Ōtsu, Shiga from November 17–19, 2023. The national champions in men's and women's...
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    Onogawa Kisaburō (category People from Ōtsu, Shiga)
    小野川喜三郎, 1758 – April 30, 1806) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Ōtsu, Ōmi Province (now Shiga Prefecture). He was the sport's 5th yokozuna. Along with Tanikaze...
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