It reads えびのし — Ebino 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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Ebino is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2023, the city had an estimated population of 16,397 in 7775 households, and a population density of 58 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 282.93 km2 (109.24 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Ebino.
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えびの市 is read えびのし (Ebino Shi). It is a city in Miyazaki Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Ebino has a population of 17,508 across 283 km², making it the 924th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 12th largest of the 26 in Miyazaki.
The closest municipalities to Ebino are Yusui Cho (13 km), Kobayashi Shi (16 km), Nishiki Machi (17 km).