It reads あきし — Aki Shi. This is one of the harder names in the country: small municipalities are exactly where Japan's nandoku chimei (難読地名, "hard-to-read place names") live.
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Aki is a city located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2022, the city had an estimated population of 16,370 in 8076 households and a population density of 52 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 317.21 square kilometres (122.48 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Aki.
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安芸市 is read あきし (Aki Shi). It is a city in Kōchi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Aki has a population of 16,090 across 317 km², making it the 955th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 10th largest of the 32 in Kōchi.
The closest municipalities to Aki are Geisei Mura (9 km), Yasuda Cho (10 km), Tano Cho (13 km).