It reads さいとし — Saito 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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Saito is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2023, the city had an estimated population of 28,538 in 13964 households, and a population density of 65 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 438.79 km2 (169.42 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Saito.
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西都市 is read さいとし (Saito Shi). It is a city in Miyazaki Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Saito has a population of 28,618 across 439 km², making it the 745th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 7th largest of the 26 in Miyazaki.
The closest municipalities to Saito are Kijo Cho (8 km), Shintomi Cho (9 km), Takanabe Cho (9 km).