It reads おかやまし — Okayama Shi.
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Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. As of February 2023, the city has an estimated population of 700,940 and a population density of 890 people per km2. The total area is 789.95 square kilometres.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Okayama.
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岡山市 is read おかやまし (Okayama Shi). It is a city in Okayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Okayama has a population of 720,043 across 789 km², making it the 20th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 27 in Okayama.
The closest municipalities to Okayama are Hayashima Cho (11 km), Kurashiki Shi (15 km), Akaiwa Shi (15 km).