It reads あそし — Aso 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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Aso is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 24,240 in 11741 households, and a population density of 64 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 376.30 km2 (145.29 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Aso.
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阿蘇市 is read あそし (Aso Shi). It is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Aso has a population of 24,820 across 376 km², making it the 811th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 16th largest of the 45 in Kumamoto.
The closest municipalities to Aso are Ubuyama Mura (10 km), Takamori Machi (15 km), Minamioguni Machi (15 km).