It reads たかおかし — Takaoka Shi.
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Takaoka is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City, and the city is a center of western Toyama Prefecture (Gosei).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Takaoka.
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高岡市 is read たかおかし (Takaoka Shi). It is a city in Toyama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Takaoka has a population of 165,880 across 210 km², making it the 145th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 2nd largest of the 14 in Toyama.
The closest municipalities to Takaoka are Imizu Shi (5 km), Himi Shi (12 km), Tonami Shi (13 km).