It reads かづのし — Kazuno 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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Kazuno is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 March 2023, the city had an estimated population of 28,329 in 12,570 households, and a population density of 40 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 707.52 square kilometres.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kazuno.
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鹿角市 is read かづのし (Kazuno Shi). It is a city in Akita Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kazuno has a population of 28,929 across 708 km², making it the 738th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 10th largest of the 24 in Akita.
The closest municipalities to Kazuno are Kosaka Machi (14 km), Odate Shi (20 km), Takko Machi (33 km).