It reads ちょうせいむら — Chosei 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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Chōsei is a village located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2020, the village had an estimated population of 14,028 in 6096 households and a population density of 500 persons per km². The total area of the village is 28.32 square kilometres (10.93 sq mi). It is the only remaining municipality classed as a village in Chiba Prefecture.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Chosei.
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長生村 is read ちょうせいむら (Chosei Mura). It is a village in Chiba 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.
Chosei has a population of 13,656 across 28 km², making it the 1032nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 44th largest of the 54 in Chiba.
The closest municipalities to Chosei are Shirako Machi (4 km), Mobara Shi (6 km), Ichinomiya Machi (6 km).