It reads よこはまし — Yokohama Shi.
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Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Yokohama.
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横浜市 is read よこはまし (Yokohama Shi). It is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Yokohama has a population of 3,688,773 across 438 km², making it the 1st largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 31 in Kanagawa.
The closest municipalities to Yokohama are Kawasaki Shi (10 km), Kamakura Shi (16 km), Yamato Shi (18 km).