It reads つちうらし — Tsuchiura Shi.
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Tsuchiura is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the city had an estimated population in 2024 of 142,181 people in 66,629 households, and a population density of 1,157 persons per squate kilometre. The proportion of the population aged over 65 was 29.7%. The total area of the city is 122.89 square kilometres (47.45 sq mi). About 3,000 residents are non-Japanese, a large proportion of these being Filipinos, Chinese or Brazilians.
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土浦市 is read つちうらし (Tsuchiura Shi). It is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Tsuchiura has a population of 137,825 across 123 km², making it the 180th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 6th largest of the 42 in Ibaraki.
The closest municipalities to Tsuchiura are Ami Machi (6 km), Kasumigaura Shi (10 km), Ushiku Shi (11 km).