10 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 Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Daigo sect located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Iwama. The honzon is the thousand-handed Kansei Yin Bodhisattva. The opening of the mountain is Taicho, which opened the Hakusan Mountain in Kaga Province. Another name is Iwama-ji. The 12th temple of the 33rd place in the West Country. Honzon mantra: On, Bazara, Tarama, Kiriku, Sowaka　 Chanting: Mizukami (Minakami) is Izukuru Ran Iwama Temple The waves beating on the shore are the sound of the pine wind

Wikipedia: 正法寺 (大津市) (JA), Website

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-san". 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 West Country, it is also called Tachikisanji. 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-san. 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.

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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)