It reads くしろし — Kushiro Shi.
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Kushiro is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Located along the coast of the North Pacific Ocean, it serves as the subprefecture's capital and it is the most populated city in the eastern part of the island.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kushiro.
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釧路市 is read くしろし (Kushiro Shi). It is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kushiro has a population of 165,699 across 1363 km², making it the 146th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 6th largest of the 169 in Hokkaido.
The closest municipalities to Kushiro are Kushiro Cho (5 km), Tsurui Mura (27 km), Shiranuka Cho (26 km).