 The Keihan Electric Railway runs two interurban lines, the Keihan Keishin Line from Ōtsu to Kyoto, and the Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line, which runs entirely within Ōtsu.The JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen runs through areas of Ōtsu, but stops at no stations in the city.The city has a North Korean school, .