It reads しぶしし — Shibushi 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.
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Shibushi is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2024, the city had an estimated population of 28,889 in 15135 households, and a population density of 100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 290.21 km2 (112.05 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Shibushi.
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志布志市 is read しぶしし (Shibushi Shi). It is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Shibushi has a population of 29,267 across 290 km², making it the 732nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 43 in Kagoshima.
The closest municipalities to Shibushi are Osaki Cho (12 km), Kushima Shi (12 km), Higashikushira Cho (16 km).