It reads すくもし — Sukumo 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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Sukumo is a city located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2022, the city had an estimated population of 19,292 in 9,966 households, and a population density of 67 persons per km². The total area of the city is 286.20 square kilometres (110.50 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Sukumo.
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宿毛市 is read すくもし (Sukumo Shi). It is a city in Kōchi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Sukumo has a population of 19,124 across 286 km², making it the 894th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 9th largest of the 32 in Kōchi.
The closest municipalities to Sukumo are Mihara Mura (11 km), Otsuki Cho (11 km), Ainan Cho (13 km).