It reads くにさきし — Kunisaki 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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Kunisaki is a small coastal city located in Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. As of 30 November 2023, the city had an estimated population of 25,721 in 13082 households, and a population density of 81 persons per km². The total area of the city is 318.10 km2 (122.82 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kunisaki.
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国東市 is read くにさきし (Kunisaki 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.
Kunisaki has a population of 25,790 across 318 km², making it the 788th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 11th largest of the 18 in Ōita.
The closest municipalities to Kunisaki are Himeshima Mura (19 km), Kitsuki Shi (20 km), Bungotakada Shi (26 km).