It reads あさごし — Asago 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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Asago is a city located in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2022, the city had an estimated population of 28,971 in 12245 households and a population density of 72 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 403.06 square kilometres (155.62 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Asago.
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朝来市 is read あさごし (Asago Shi). It is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Asago has a population of 28,802 across 403 km², making it the 743rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 29th largest of the 40 in Hyōgo.
The closest municipalities to Asago are Yabu Shi (11 km), Toyooka Shi (24 km), Fukuchiyama Shi (26 km).