It reads うれしのし — Ureshino 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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Ureshino is a city located in the western part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 24,529 in 10075 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 126.41 km2 (48.81 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Ureshino.
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嬉野市 is read うれしのし (Ureshino Shi). It is a city in Saga Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Ureshino has a population of 25,593 across 126 km², making it the 796th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 10th largest of the 20 in Saga.
The closest municipalities to Ureshino are Kashima Shi (4 km), Shiroishi Cho (5 km), Takeo Shi (8 km).