It reads わっかないし — Wakkanai Shi.
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Wakkanai is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Wakkanai is the capital of Sōya Subprefecture. Situated approximately 1,100 km north of Tokyo and 270 km north of Sapporo, it is the northernmost municipality under Japanese administration following the loss of Karafuto and the Kuril Islands, with Benten-jima being the northernmost point under Japanese control.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Wakkanai.
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稚内市 is read わっかないし (Wakkanai Shi). It is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Wakkanai has a population of 33,036 across 761 km², making it the 673rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 22nd largest of the 169 in Hokkaido.
The closest municipalities to Wakkanai are Toyotomi Cho (36 km), Sarufutsu Mura (35 km), Horonobe Cho (46 km).