It reads ありだし — Arida 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.
This place is one of 1,651 in Chimei, our Japan city game. Read the kanji, then pin it on the map.
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Arida is a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 26,755 in 11737 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 36.83 square kilometres (14.22 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Arida.
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有田市 is read ありだし (Arida Shi). It is a city in Wakayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Arida has a population of 25,737 across 37 km², making it the 790th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 8th largest of the 29 in Wakayama.
The closest municipalities to Arida are Aridagawa Cho (7 km), Yuasa Cho (8 km), Kainan Shi (11 km).