It reads ならし — Nara Shi.
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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Nara is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022, Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara is a core city located in the northern part of Nara Prefecture bordering the Kyoto Prefecture.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Nara.
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奈良市 is read ならし (Nara Shi). It is a city in Nara Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Nara has a population of 352,377 across 277 km², making it the 59th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 39 in Nara.
The closest municipalities to Nara are Yamatokoriyama Shi (4 km), Kizugawa Shi (6 km), Seika Cho (8 km).