It reads ごうつし — Gotsu 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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Gōtsu is a city located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of June 30, 2023, the city had an estimated population of 21,913 in 11196 households and a population density of 82 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 268.24 square kilometres (103.57 sq mi). It is the smallest and least populous city in Shimane Prefecture.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Gotsu.
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江津市 is read ごうつし (Gotsu Shi). It is a city in Shimane Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Gotsu has a population of 22,838 across 269 km², making it the 836th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 8th largest of the 18 in Shimane.
The closest municipalities to Gotsu are Hamada Shi (17 km), Kawamoto Machi (24 km), Onan Cho (24 km).