It reads かつうらし — Katsuura 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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Katsuura is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2020, the city had an estimated population of 16,872 in 8566 households and a population density of 180 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 94.20 square kilometres (36.37 sq mi). Katsuura City is famous for Katsuura Fishing Port, which features one of the top three largest morning markets in Japan.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Katsuura.
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勝浦市 is read かつうらし (Katsuura Shi). It is a city in Chiba Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Katsuura has a population of 16,723 across 94 km², making it the 941st largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 41st largest of the 54 in Chiba.
The closest municipalities to Katsuura are Onjuku Machi (4 km), Isumi Shi (13 km), Otaki Machi (16 km).