It reads さがみはらし — Sagamihara Shi.
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Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2021, the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 328.91 square kilometres (126.99 sq mi). Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki, and the fifth most populous suburb of the Greater Tokyo Area. Its northern neighbor is Machida, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been proposed.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Sagamihara.
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相模原市 is read さがみはらし (Sagamihara Shi). It is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Sagamihara has a population of 725,696 across 329 km², making it the 18th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 3rd largest of the 31 in Kanagawa.
The closest municipalities to Sagamihara are Machida Shi (7 km), Aikawa Machi (7 km), Zama Shi (10 km).