Ōtsu
One day in Ōtsu, Japan
A day through Ōtsu’s best-known sights that lie close together: Otsu Kogan Nagisa Park, Zeze Castle and Chausuyama Kofun. 3 stops, about 2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Otsu Kogan Nagisa ParkPark · On the map
- Zeze CastleCastle · 0.8 km on from Otsu Kogan Nagisa Park · On the map

- Chausuyama KofunMonument · 1.2 km on from Zeze Castle · On the map

3 stops, about 2 km between them in straight lines.
More for Ōtsu
- Things to do in Ōtsu, Japan · 8 places to see, led by Zeze Castle and Ōmi Ōtsu Palace
Day trips from Ōtsu
- Osaka48 km awayOsaka Castle6 stops in a day, starting at Grand Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Osaka
- Nagoya97 km awayNagoya Castle39 places to see, led by Nagoya Castle and Museum Meiji-mura
- Nara-shi35 km awayHistoric Monuments of Ancient Nara6 stops in a day, starting at Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
- Kobe71 km awayHyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art39 places to see, led by Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art and Kobe City Museum
Photo credits
- Otsu Kogan Nagisa Park: Rock.jazz.cafe, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Zeze Castle: Monado, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chausuyama Kofun: Saigen Jiro, CC0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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