It reads ひがしかがわし — Higashikagawa 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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Higashikagawa is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 September 2022, the city had an estimated population of 28,627 in 13689 households and a population density of and a population density of 970 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 152.83 square kilometres (59.01 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Higashikagawa.
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東かがわ市 is read ひがしかがわし (Higashikagawa Shi). It is a city in Kagawa Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Higashikagawa has a population of 28,305 across 153 km², making it the 752nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 8th largest of the 17 in Kagawa.
The closest municipalities to Higashikagawa are Itano Cho (15 km), Kamiita Cho (15 km), Awa Shi (18 km).