It reads ちはやあかさかむら — Chihayaakasaka Mura. 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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Chihayaakasaka is a village located in Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2021, the village had an estimated population of 4,970 in 2267 households and a population density of 130 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 30.70 square kilometres (11.85 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Chihayaakasaka.
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千早赤阪村 is read ちはやあかさかむら (Chihayaakasaka Mura). It is a village in Osaka Prefecture.
村 means "village" and is read mura / son. A village. 村 is read either mura or son, again by local convention rather than by rule.
Chihayaakasaka has a population of 4,803 across 37 km², making it the 1361st largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 39th largest of the 40 in Osaka.
The closest municipalities to Chihayaakasaka are Kanan Cho (2 km), Tondabayashi Shi (4 km), Kawachinagano Shi (5 km).