It reads たかはしし — Takahashi 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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Takahashi is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2023, the city had an estimated population of 27,538 in 13,678 households. and a population density of 50 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 546.99 square kilometres (211.19 sq mi). Bitchū Matsuyama Castle overlooks the town. Another significant location is Raikyū-ji, a Buddhist temple with a historic garden.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Takahashi.
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高梁市 is read たかはしし (Takahashi Shi). It is a city in Okayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Takahashi has a population of 28,825 across 547 km², making it the 740th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 13th largest of the 27 in Okayama.
The closest municipalities to Takahashi are Kibichuo Cho (9 km), Soja Shi (18 km), Yakage Cho (20 km).