It reads かみあまくさし — Kamiamakusa 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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Kamiamakusa is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 23,824 in 11085 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 126.67 km2 (48.91 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kamiamakusa.
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上天草市 is read かみあまくさし (Kamiamakusa Shi). It is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kamiamakusa has a population of 23,973 across 127 km², making it the 822nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 17th largest of the 45 in Kumamoto.
The closest municipalities to Kamiamakusa are Minamishimabara Shi (15 km), Yatsushiro Shi (18 km), Hikawa Cho (22 km).