It reads きつきし — Kitsuki 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.
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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Kitsuki is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 October 2023, the city had an estimated population of 26,761 in 13199 households, and a population density of 96 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 280.08 km2 (108.14 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kitsuki.
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杵築市 is read きつきし (Kitsuki Shi). It is a city in Ōita Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kitsuki has a population of 27,668 across 280 km², making it the 764th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 10th largest of the 18 in Ōita.
The closest municipalities to Kitsuki are Hiji Machi (11 km), Beppu Shi (19 km), Kunisaki Shi (20 km).