Especially Otsu is close to Kyoto; it is approximately 10 km from the center of Kyoto City to Otsu City, and it takes only nine minutes from JR Kyoto station to JR Otsu station even by train that stops at every station.
とりわけ大津市は京都市中心部から約10kmしか離れておらず、JR大津駅からJR京都駅までは各駅停車でも9分で行き来ができる。