It reads こさかまち — Kosaka Machi. 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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Kosaka is a town located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023, the town had an estimated population of 4,670 in 2,284 households, and population density of 23 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 201.70 square kilometres (77.88 sq mi). In 2016, Kosaka was selected as one of The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kosaka.
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小坂町 is read こさかまち (Kosaka Machi). It is a town in Akita Prefecture.
町 means "town" and is read chō / machi. A town. 町 is read either chō or machi — which one is local convention, and it varies by region. This is one of the classic traps in Japanese place names.
Kosaka has a population of 4,686 across 202 km², making it the 1367th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 19th largest of the 24 in Akita.
The closest municipalities to Kosaka are Kazuno Shi (14 km), Odate Shi (16 km), Owani Machi (25 km).