It reads まくらざきし — Makurazaki 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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Makurazaki is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 19,006 in 10,377 households, and a population density of 250 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 74.78 km2 (28.87 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Makurazaki.
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枕崎市 is read まくらざきし (Makurazaki Shi). It is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Makurazaki has a population of 19,817 across 75 km², making it the 880th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 18th largest of the 43 in Kagoshima.
The closest municipalities to Makurazaki are Minamisatsuma Shi (16 km), Minamikyushu Shi (18 km), Ibusuki Shi (32 km).