It reads かしまし — Kashima 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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Kashima is a city located in the southern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 27,360 in 10949 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 112.12 km2 (43.29 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kashima.
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鹿島市 is read かしまし (Kashima Shi). It is a city in Saga Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kashima has a population of 27,710 across 112 km², making it the 763rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 8th largest of the 20 in Saga.
The closest municipalities to Kashima are Shiroishi Cho (4 km), Ureshino Shi (4 km), Omachi Cho (11 km).