It reads はなまきし — Hanamaki Shi.
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Hanamaki is a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 94,691, and a population density of 100 persons per km2, in 37,773 households. The total area of the city is 908.39 square kilometres (350.73 sq mi). Hanamaki is famous as the birthplace of the novelist and poet Kenji Miyazawa and Iwate Prefecture's local specialty, Wanko soba, as well as its hot spring resorts.
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花巻市 is read はなまきし (Hanamaki Shi). It is a city in Iwate Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Hanamaki has a population of 92,815 across 908 km², making it the 286th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 4th largest of the 33 in Iwate.
The closest municipalities to Hanamaki are Kitakami Shi (11 km), Shiwa Cho (18 km), Kanegasaki Cho (21 km).