It reads にしのおもてし — Nishinoomote 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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Nishinoomote is a city located on the island of Tanegashima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2024, the city had an estimated population of 14,151 in 7941 households, and a population density of 69 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 205.57 km2 (79.37 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Nishinoomote.
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西之表市 is read にしのおもてし (Nishinoomote Shi). It is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Nishinoomote has a population of 14,694 across 206 km², making it the 1001st largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 20th largest of the 43 in Kagoshima.
The closest municipalities to Nishinoomote are Nakatane Cho (24 km), Minamitane Cho (38 km), Yakushima Cho (53 km).