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Kusatsu City
Shiga Prefecture · City
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Kusatsu City prospered as the post town where the Tokaido and Nakasendo roads split, and the Kusatsu-Juku Honjin still remains. With easy access to Kyoto and Osaka, its population has grown to second in the prefecture after Otsu City. On the lakeshore are the Lake Biwa Museum and the aquatic plant park "Mizu no Mori," where visitors can learn about the lake's nature and people's lives.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Shiga Prefecture
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