Kurita District, Shiga

Kusatsu (草津市, Kusatsu-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2021, the city had an estimated population of 137,266 in 61426 households and a population density of 2000 persons per km². The total area of the city is 67.82 square kilometres (26.19 sq mi). The city is often confused with Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, which is a famous hot spring resort.

Kusatsu-juku (草津宿, Kusatsu-juku) was the fifty-second of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō as well as the sixty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the downtown area of the present-day city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Kusatsu Station (草津駅, Kusatsu-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Rittō Station (栗東駅, Rittō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Rittō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The Ise Site (伊勢遺跡) is an archaeological site containing the traces of a large Yayoi period settlement and ritual area, located across the Ise and Amura neighborhoods of Moriyama and the Nojiri neighborhood of the city of Rittō, Shiga in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2012.

The Seta Hills Production Sites (瀬田丘陵生産遺跡群, Seta kyūryō seisan iseki-gun) is a group of archaeological sites containing ancient industrial facilities located in the cities of Kusatsu and Ōtsu in the Kansai region of Japan. These site were collectively designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1985.

Minami-Kusatsu Station (南草津駅, Minami-Kusatsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is sometimes popularly referred to simply as "Minakusa"

Moriyama Station (守山駅, Moriyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Moriyama-juku (守山宿) was the sixty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Moriyama (守山市, Moriyama-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2021, the city had an estimated population of 85,485 in 34366 households and a population density of 1533.63 persons per km². The total area of the city is 55.74 square kilometres (21.52 sq mi).

Shiga University of Medical Science (滋賀医科大学, Shiga Ika Daigaku) is a national university in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan, founded in 1974.