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During the Edo period, the granaries at Ôtsu were overseen by the ''[[Otsu kura bugyo|Ôtsu kura bugyô]]''.<ref>Plaques on-site at Nagaya-mon of the Old Suzuki Residence, Hikone.</ref>

During the Edo period, the granaries at Ôtsu were overseen by the ''[[Otsu kura bugyo|Ôtsu kura bugyô]]''.<ref>Plaques on-site at Nagaya-mon of the Old Suzuki Residence, Hikone.</ref>

The ''Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô'', an exclusive route used only by [[Korean embassies to Edo]] and the shogun himself, branched off from the Tôkaidô at Ôtsu.

The ''[[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]]'', an exclusive route used only by [[Korean embassies to Edo]] and the shogun himself, branched off from the Tôkaidô at Ôtsu.

In [[1891]], Tsar [[Nikolas II]] survived an assassination attempt at Ôtsu.

In [[1891]], Tsar [[Nikolas II]] survived an assassination attempt at Ôtsu.