It reads おおさかし — Osaka Shi.
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Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Osaka.
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大阪市 is read おおさかし (Osaka Shi). It is a city in Osaka Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Osaka has a population of 2,751,862 across 223 km², making it the 2nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 40 in Osaka.
The closest municipalities to Osaka are Moriguchi Shi (7 km), Suita Shi (7 km), Kadoma Shi (9 km).