Ōtsu-juku

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Ōtsu-juku was a historic post station and lodging town that served travelers along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, near the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in present-day Shiga Prefecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf post station
shukuba
artisticRepresentationBy Utagawa Hiroshige NERFINISHED
associatedWith Tōkaidō travel culture
daimyō processions (sankin-kōtai)
connectedTo Edo NERFINISHED
Fushimi NERFINISHED
Kusatsu-juku NERFINISHED
Kyoto NERFINISHED
country Japan
culturalHeritageStatus historic site area with preserved streetscape (partial)
depictedIn The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige series) NERFINISHED
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen series) NERFINISHED
distanceFrom approximately 14 kilometers from Kyoto
economicActivity innkeeping
port-related commerce on Lake Biwa
tea houses
function lodging town
post town for travelers
governingAuthority Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
hadFacility hatago
honjin
waki-honjin
historicalImportance major staging point between Edo and Kyoto
historicalPeriod Edo period NERFINISHED
languageOfName Japanese
locatedIn Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED
Ōtsu NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Kansai region
locatedNear Lake Biwa NERFINISHED
eastern shore of Lake Biwa
locatedOnRoute Nakasendō NERFINISHED
Tōkaidō NERFINISHED
modernLocation Ōtsu City NERFINISHED
modernPrefecture Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED
nameWrittenInKanji 大津宿 NERFINISHED
nearByBodyOfWater Seta River NERFINISHED
nearByCity Kyoto NERFINISHED
positionOnNakasendō 69th station of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō
positionOnTōkaidō 53rd station of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
regionRelativeToLakeBiwa southern shore area of Lake Biwa
role gateway to Kyoto from the east
transport and communications hub between eastern and western Japan
servedAs post station on the Nakasendō
post station on the Tōkaidō
transportRole junction of land and water transport routes

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Tōkaidō hasStation Ōtsu-juku