It reads くれし — Kure 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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Kure is a city in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 208,024 in 106,616 households and a population density of 590 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 352.80 square kilometres (136.22 sq mi). With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kure.
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呉市 is read くれし (Kure Shi). It is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kure has a population of 240,820 across 353 km², making it the 93rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 3rd largest of the 22 in Hiroshima.
The closest municipalities to Kure are Kumano Cho (9 km), Etajima Shi (11 km), Saka Cho (11 km).