It reads うえのはらし — Uenohara 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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Uenohara is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2023, the city had an estimated population of 23,158 in 9987 households, and a population density of 140 persons per km². The total area of the city is 170.57 square kilometres (65.86 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Uenohara.
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上野原市 is read うえのはらし (Uenohara Shi). It is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Uenohara has a population of 22,557 across 171 km², making it the 842nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 13th largest of the 25 in Yamanashi.
The closest municipalities to Uenohara are Hinohara Mura (10 km), Doshi Mura (14 km), Otsuki Shi (16 km).