Kusatsu

Understand

Kusatsu city used to be a prosperous town as a crossroads of the Nakasendo road and Tokaido road for travelers to Tokyo from all over Japan.

Tourist information site The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site and info pages in English on Matcha.

Getting there

Kusatsu has two stations along JR's Tokaido Main Line, Kusatsu Station and Minami-Kusatsu Station, so it is very easy to access from Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. All local, kaisoku, and shin-kaisoku trains stop at both stations. Kusatsu Station is also served by the Kusatsu Line, which connects Kusatsu to Ritto, Koka, and Iga (Tsuge Station) in Mie.

See

Mizunomori Water Botanical Garden Lake Biwa Museum Kusatsu-juku honjin Museum - a small historic house museum related to early modern travel along the Nakasendo & Tokaido, housed in a historic honjin inn.

Go next

Moriyama Otsu Ritto Yasu Omihachiman Kyoto Konan Koka