It reads おおぶし — Obu 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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Ōbu is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 92,179 in 39,382 households, and a population density of 2,739 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 33.66 square kilometres (13.00 sq mi). Ōbu has been a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) since June 5, 2000.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Obu.
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大府市 is read おおぶし (Obu Shi). It is a city in Aichi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Obu has a population of 92,562 across 34 km², making it the 287th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 17th largest of the 50 in Aichi.
The closest municipalities to Obu are Kariya Shi (4 km), Higashiura Cho (5 km), Tokai Shi (6 km).