It reads りくぜんたかたし — Rikuzentakata 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.
Every dot is one of Japan's 1,651 municipalities, plotted at its real coordinates. Rikuzentakata is marked in red.
Rikuzentakata is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. In the census of 2010, the city had a population of 23,302, and a population density of 100 persons per km2. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to the city. As of 31 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 19,062, and a population density of 82 persons per km2 in 7,593 households. The total area of the city is 231.94 square kilometres (89.55 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Rikuzentakata.
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陸前高田市 is read りくぜんたかたし (Rikuzentakata Shi). It is a city in Iwate Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Rikuzentakata has a population of 18,182 across 232 km², making it the 914th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 16th largest of the 33 in Iwate.
The closest municipalities to Rikuzentakata are Ofunato Shi (9 km), Sumita Cho (13 km), Kesennuma Shi (14 km).