It reads にらさきし — Nirasaki 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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Nirasaki is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city had an estimated population of 28,150 in 12831 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area is 132.69 square kilometres (51.23 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Nirasaki.
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韮崎市 is read にらさきし (Nirasaki Shi). It is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Nirasaki has a population of 28,896 across 144 km², making it the 739th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 11th largest of the 25 in Yamanashi.
The closest municipalities to Nirasaki are Hokuto Shi (8 km), Kai Shi (8 km), Minami-alps Shi (11 km).