It reads かまくらし — Kamakura Shi.
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Kamakura , officially Kamakura City , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the total area of 39.67 km2 (15.32 sq mi). Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kamakura.
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鎌倉市 is read かまくらし (Kamakura Shi). It is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kamakura has a population of 172,929 across 40 km², making it the 135th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 11th largest of the 31 in Kanagawa.
The closest municipalities to Kamakura are Zushi Shi (5 km), Hayama Machi (7 km), Fujisawa Shi (8 km).