It reads みやわかし — Miyawaka 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.
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Miyawaka is a city located in Fukuoka, Japan. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 26,447 in 13369 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km². The total area of the city is 139.99 km2 (54.05 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Miyawaka.
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宮若市 is read みやわかし (Miyawaka Shi). It is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Miyawaka has a population of 26,690 across 140 km², making it the 777th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 38th largest of the 60 in Fukuoka.
The closest municipalities to Miyawaka are Kotake Machi (5 km), Nogata Shi (6 km), Kurate Machi (7 km).