It reads おおつきし — Otsuki 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.
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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Ōtsuki is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the city had an estimated population of 21,835 in 10207 households, and a population density of 86 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 380.25 square kilometres (146.82 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Otsuki.
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大月市 is read おおつきし (Otsuki 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.
Otsuki has a population of 22,356 across 280 km², making it the 846th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 25 in Yamanashi.
The closest municipalities to Otsuki are Tsuru Shi (7 km), Doshi Mura (13 km), Nishikatsura Cho (14 km).