It reads きたきゅうしゅうし — Kitakyushu Shi.
This place is one of 1,651 in Chimei, our Japan city game. Read the kanji, then pin it on the map.
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Kitakyushu is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one of Japan's 20 designated cities, one of three on Kyushu, and is divided into seven wards.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kitakyushu.
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北九州市 is read きたきゅうしゅうし (Kitakyushu Shi). It is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kitakyushu has a population of 935,084 across 488 km², making it the 13th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 2nd largest of the 60 in Fukuoka.
The closest municipalities to Kitakyushu are Shimonoseki Shi (10 km), Kanda Machi (15 km), Nakama Shi (18 km).