12 Sights in Otsu, Japan (with Map and Images)

Nagara-san Onjo-ji , also known as just Onjo-ji, or Mii-dera (三井寺), is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex.

Wikipedia: Mii-dera (EN)

Shohoji is a temple of the Shingon sect Daigo school in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The mountain name is Mt. Iwama. The principal is Sennote Kanzeon Bodhisattva. The mountain is Yasumi, who opened Kagan Hakusan. Another name is Iwama -ji Temple. The 12th bill of 33rd place in West. Main word: Ombazara Tamarikuwaka Song: Water (Minakami) Ran Iwama -ji Kishimono is the sound of pine wind.

Wikipedia: 正法寺 (大津市) (JA), Website

Mangetsuji Ukimido is a Buddhist temple jutting out onto the lake at the Rinzai sect of Daitokuji Temple on the shores of Lake Biwa in Honkata, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. It is famous for the Omi Hakkei "The Falling Goose of Katada". It is also known as the common name of Ukimido in Katada.

Wikipedia: 満月寺浮御堂 (JA)

Karasaki Shrine is a shrine located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the companies of Hiyoshi Taisha. Located on the western shore of Lake Biwa, the precincts are designated as a designated scenic spot in Shiga Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 唐崎神社 (JA)

Anyoji Temple is a temple of the Pure Land sect located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Tateki. The main Buddha is the Bodhisattva of Saint Kanseon. It is known by the common name of "Tachiki Kannon" and is also known locally as "Tachiki Mr./Ms.". It is known as the temple of protection from evil because it was opened by Kobo Daishi in the year of his 42nd year. As the 20th temple of the 33 places in the new western country, it is also called Tachiki Mr./Ms. Temple. It is located in the Lake Biwa Quasi-National Park area.

Wikipedia: 安養寺 (大津市石山南郷町) (JA)

Shigain is a temple of the Tendai sect located in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The honzon is Yakushi Nyorai. It is the main temple of Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei. It is also called the Shigain Gate Ruins.

Wikipedia: 滋賀院 (JA)

Honyoji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Renko Mr./Ms.. The former main temple is Ōmotoyama Honkuji Temple (Rokujomon-ryu). The dharma is the Brave Master Dharma (Entou Honzan Higashiyama Nijo Myōdenji). Current Priest 35th Kentaka Nakagami (Kaimonin Nichijo)

Wikipedia: 本要寺 (大津市) (JA)

Nahaka Shrine is a shrine located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is a prefectural company. The divine crests are "deer carrying seedlings", "three-way deer", and "embrace".

Wikipedia: 那波加神社 (JA)

Suikanji Temple is a temple of the Tendaiji Monshu sect located in Sonojoji-cho, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. A separate place of Sohonzan Enjoji Temple. The name of the mountain is Chodosan Mountain. The honzon is Yakushi Rurimitsu Nyorai.

Wikipedia: 水観寺 (JA)

Bimyoji Temple is a temple of the Tendaiji Monshu sect located in Sonojoji-cho, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. A separate place of Sohonzan Enjoji Temple. The name of the mountain is Chodosan Mountain. The honzon is the eleven-sided Kannon.

Wikipedia: 微妙寺 (JA)

Gichū-ji (義仲寺) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in the Baba neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its honzon is a statue of Shō-Kannon Bosatsu. It contains the grave of the late Heian period warlord Kiso Yoshinaka and the Edo period poet Matsuo Basho. Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1967.

Wikipedia: Gichū-ji (EN)

The Ōmi Provincial Capital ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now the Ōe neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Identified as the ruins of the kokufu of Ōmi Province, the site has protected as a National Historic Site from 1973.

Wikipedia: Ōmi Kokuchō (EN)