It reads ふなはしむら — Funahashi 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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Funahashi is a village located in Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2024, the village had an estimated population of 3,304 in 1195 households and a population density of 952 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,470/sq mi). The total area of the town was 3.47 square kilometres (1.34 sq mi), making it the smallest municipality in Japan in terms of area.
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舟橋村 is read ふなはしむら (Funahashi Mura). It is a village in Toyama 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.
Funahashi has a population of 3,178 across 3 km², making it the 1449th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 14 in Toyama.
The closest municipalities to Funahashi are Tateyama Machi (4 km), Kamiichi Machi (5 km), Namerikawa Shi (7 km).