It reads かけがわし — Kakegawa Shi.
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Kakegawa is a city in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 10 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 117,925 in 45,519 households. The total area of the city is 265.69 square kilometres (102.58 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kakegawa.
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掛川市 is read かけがわし (Kakegawa Shi). It is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kakegawa has a population of 113,954 across 266 km², making it the 227th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 9th largest of the 35 in Shizuoka.
The closest municipalities to Kakegawa are Fukuroi Shi (7 km), Kikugawa Shi (8 km), Mori Machi (10 km).