It reads あわらし — Awara 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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Awara is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the city had an estimated population of 27,107 in 10,140 households and the population density of 232 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 116.98 square kilometres (45.17 sq mi). It is one of the few Hiragana cities in Japan. Awara is a city famous for its onsen resorts and natural hotwater springs.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Awara.
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あわら市 is read あわらし (Awara Shi). It is a city in Fukui Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Awara has a population of 27,107 across 117 km², making it the 773rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 7th largest of the 12 in Fukui.
The closest municipalities to Awara are Kaga Shi (13 km), Eiheiji Cho (15 km), Fukui Shi (16 km).