Kusatsu (Shiga)

Kusatsu (Japanese草津 市, -shi ) is a city in Shiga Prefecture in Japan.

History

Kusatsu was during the Edo period, a post office (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of the Tōkaidō and Nakasendō.

The Mura Kusatsu (草津 村) in Kurita -gun (栗 太 郡) was established on April 1, 1897 to Chō Kusatsu (草津 町, -chō ). The appointment to Shi took place on October 15, 1954 with the merger of Kusatsu and the Mura Oikami (老 上 村, -mura ), Kasamei (笠 缝 村, -mura ), Shizu (志 津 村, -mura ), Tokiwa (常 盘 村, -mura ) and Yamada (山 田村, -mura ) in Kurita -gun.

Traffic

  • Street: Meishin highway, or to Komaki Nishinomiya
  • Route 1, according to Tokyo or Osaka
  • National Highway 8
  • JR Tōkaidō Main Line ( Biwako Line), to Tokyo or Kobe
  • JR Kusatsu Line, to Iga

Factories

Education

In the Biwako Kusatsu Kusatsu Campus ( BKC ) Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto is located.

Twinning

  • United States Pontiac (Michigan ), United States
  • China People's Republic of Xuhui, Shanghai, PR China

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Otsu Cities
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