It reads みまさかし — Mimasaka 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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Mimasaka is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the city had an estimated population of 25,946 in 12287 households and a population density of 60 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 429.29 square kilometres (165.75 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Mimasaka.
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美作市 is read みまさかし (Mimasaka Shi). It is a city in Okayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Mimasaka has a population of 25,497 across 429 km², making it the 797th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 15th largest of the 27 in Okayama.
The closest municipalities to Mimasaka are Shoo Cho (5 km), Nagi Cho (12 km), Tsuyama Shi (15 km).