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

Shobo-ji Temple is a temple of the Daigo school of the Shingon sect located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. Its sango (literally, "mountain name"), which is the title prefixed to the name of a Buddhist temple, is Iwamayama. Its principal image is Senju Kanzeon Bosatsu. The kaisan (founder) was Taicho who founded Hakusan, Kaga Province. It is also known as Iwara-dera Temple. It is the 12th temple of the 33 temples that are visited during the Kansai Kannon-Kannon-33 Temples. Honzon Shingon: Barbara, Talk, Talk, Sowaka Goeika: Minakami Hazeru Iwama-dera Temple, shouchi waves are the sound of the pine wind

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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)

Anyoji is a temple of the Jodo sect in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The mountain name is Tatekiyama. The main statement is Seikan Seon Bodhisattva. It is known as "Tachiki Kannon", and is also called "Tachiki -san" locally. It is known as a temple of evil because Kobo Daishi opened in a 42 -year -old bad year. It is also called Tachikiyamaji Temple in the 203rd place in the Shinsei country. Located in the Lake Biwa National Park area.

Wikipedia: 安養寺 (大津市石山南郷町) (JA)

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)

Bimyo-ji Temple is a Tendai-ji Temple temple located in Onjoji-cho, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. It is a branch temple of Onjo-ji Temple, Sohonzan (Grand Head Temple). Its sango (literally, "mountain name"), which is the title prefixed to the name of a Buddhist temple, is Chodozan. Its principal image is Juichimen Kannon (Eleven-faced 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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Suikan-ji Temple is a Tendai-ji Temple temple located in Onjoji-cho, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. It is a branch temple of Onjo-ji Temple, Sohonzan (Grand Head Temple). Its sango (literally, "mountain name"), which is the title prefixed to the name of a Buddhist temple, is Chodozan. Its principal image is Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai.

Wikipedia: 水観寺 (JA)

Honjiji is a temple of the Nichiren sect in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. The mountains are Renkozan. Former Motoyama is Omotoyama Motokuniji (Rokujo Gate). The law is the lawye law (Daminomoto Motoyama Higashiyama Nijo Myodenji). Current priest 35th Central Paper Kenaka (Kaijin -in Nissho)

Wikipedia: 本要寺 (大津市) (JA)

Nahaka-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. It is a Shikinai-sha (shrine listed in Engishiki laws) and was ranked as a prefectural shrine under the old shrine classification system. The crest of the shrine is 'Naeda no Seeda,' 'Mitsudomoe,' 'Hakagara.'

Wikipedia: 那波加神社 (JA)

Mangetsuji Ukimido is a Buddhist temple that protrudes on the lake at Mototanda, Otsu -shi, Shiga, and at the Rinzai sect Dautokuji faction Kaiyama Manchu -ji Temple on the shores of Lake Biwa. It is famous for the Omi Hakkei "Katata Rakugan". It is also known as Katata's Ukimido.

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)

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 Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji Temple. It is also called the Shigain Gate Ruins.

Wikipedia: 滋賀院 (JA)