It reads みささちょう — Misasa Cho. 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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Misasa is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2022, the town had an estimated population of 6,056 in 2520 households and a population density of 26 persons per km². The total area of the town is 233.52 square kilometres (90.16 sq mi). The name "Misasa" originates from the belief that one who stays to enjoy three mornings in the town's famous hot springs will find all of his ailments cured.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Misasa.
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三朝町 is read みささちょう (Misasa Cho). It is a town in Tottori Prefecture.
町 means "town" and is read chō / machi. A town. 町 is read either chō or machi — which one is local convention, and it varies by region. This is one of the classic traps in Japanese place names.
Misasa has a population of 5,946 across 234 km², making it the 1306th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 15th largest of the 19 in Tottori.
The closest municipalities to Misasa are Kurayoshi Shi (5 km), Yurihama Cho (8 km), Hokuei Cho (13 km).