It reads やぶし — Yabu 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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Yabu is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2022, the city had an estimated population of 22,177 in 9236 households and a population density of 52 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 422.91 square kilometres (163.29 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Yabu.
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養父市 is read やぶし (Yabu Shi). It is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Yabu has a population of 21,813 across 423 km², making it the 855th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 31st largest of the 40 in Hyōgo.
The closest municipalities to Yabu are Asago Shi (11 km), Toyooka Shi (17 km), Kami Cho (29 km).